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Woohoo DR!!! I know the feeling of which you speak. Having the track done is a huge accomplishment, considering everything it takes to get to that point as you mentioned. Now, post some pics so we can see what you've done!!:thumb:

Loren, go to "Manage Attachments" at the bottom. Then hit "Browse"... this will let you choose your photo. Then hit "upload." Once that is finished, click on "browse" again, and repeat. I think you can do 4 photos per post in this manner. The other option is to load the photos to...

Kevin, although Garden Railways are really neat, I don't seem to have that much interest in building one myself. Loren: I know of your trials and tribulations of layout expansion, and your story of how you came up with your old forum name is beautiful = the wife stepped into the layout room...

Me too, Wayne. We built/had our house built about 10 years ago before I was a railroad modeler. A few weeks ago I was reflecting on what I would have done differently had I known I was going to need a train room. What I would have done is widen the house and put in a room which would run...

Tetters, you are doing HO scale, correct? I think that most HO scale cork roadbed is actually 1/4" thick. My LHS had not only the split cork roadbed, but also had 12 inch x 36 inch x 1/4 inch thick sheets of cork which I used in my yards and under the buildings. At around $7 per sheet, it...

Scubadude! That isn't what I want to hear! Don't tempt me!:mrgreen: I really don't need a 20 x 35 building in my back yard. Although I admit, the air conditioning would be nice. Nachoman, I see you have a tough decision. Good luck with whichever way you go. As for me, honestly, I am perfectly...

Here are some photos of all my trees, still waiting to be placed on the layout.

Thanks for the kind words, Miles, I really do appreciate them. And also thank you for the great advice. I absolutely DO need to finish what I have and be satisfied for now. Your estimation of the cost involved is exactly why I am hoping these feelings go away! An overall shot of the...

Okay, in my garage, I have 75 feet of shelves with a layout that is quite fun to operate. I still need to do the scenery, ballast the tracks, and finish the structures. All kinds of fun stuff left to do on a layout that is completely satisfactory for what I want. So why am I having these...

Thank you everyone for the replies.... so now that I am armed with that info, on to part Two of the thread: In my latest operating sessions, I have been wondering about the crew and what they would be doing, and where they would be - instead of just flipping the switches whenever the "arm from...

Those are some good looking logs! Thanks for sharing!

Wow, that tree looks terrific. I like that method too. I've heard of doing that, but figured it would be difficult. Actually looks fairly simple. If a person needed alot of trees, I am thinking that my method would work for all the background trees, and for the "display" trees at the...

sign1 I'm sure some of us will remember that this is a follow-up from some threads from about a year ago, where we were discussing the relative merits and realism of magnetic uncoupling versus by-hand uncoupling. And hey, I wasn't the one that chose the location of that "on-the-ties" magnet...

Thanks Miles... so at least 3 crewmen, possibly 4? Even on a small industrial shortline like this? If I had 3, then the engineer pretty much stays in the loco, the conductor and the brakeman would throw the switches? Say we were doing a run-around, then the brakeman may throw the first...

No problem MST, hope it is beneficial to you. And, if you make some using that method, please post some pics!

Okay, that looks fairly simple. Find some branches from a species in your area that have the overall shape and branch structure of a real birch. If necessary, add more branches using the techniques shown in the tutorial. Add the branches to match photos of birch trees. Then paint the trunks...

Hmmm... birch. I'll have to google to see what a birch looks like. Hang on.

On a good day, my little shortline starts out at the East Yard with a cut of 6 to 12 cars which were delivered to us by the SP. These cars are bound for the industries we serve. We head west, and drop off the cars, at the same time picking up cars which need to be delivered to the West Yard on...

Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen that one. I do have the MRR magazine with the LAJ article. I used that and the Modesto and Empire as inspiration for my layout.

Hobby shop! Woohoo! Keep us posted on how things go. When I started 2 years ago, before I had a track plan and all that, my wife and I made about 250 trees because I thought I would need A TON of trees. But then my ideas morphed into an industrial type layout, so now I don't need that many...