I’ll keep an eye out after the holidays!

It’s a really nice plan with a lot of potential!

I saw the pete’s pumpkins article….matter of fact, the whole site. That is a great litte display layout. It came out great! Those little N scale plymouth mechanisms are pretty decent, huh?

I’ll keep checking back to catch up on the latest-n-greatest, cool?

Later!

Philip

Thanks for the note on the ‘S’ curve. If/when I build this layout I’ll deal with that point during construction. The track plans I’ve drawn have representational dimensions. I know this will fit in terms of space, but I will need to have the points in my hands to work it out.

The yard is still a sticking point for me. Here is an image http://www.modelrailroader.ca/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/whrc_blueprint.gif of what I can gather from the yard. Yes, its a car dump.

Thanks for the Wiki link. Read the article and it turns out I knew more then I thought. That being said, the prototype confuses me as it seems to break the rules.

As for the scenery – its what I enjoy most! I’ve been playing with autumn modeling for a while trying to get it right. You can see an example of how its progressing here. http://petespumpkins.blogspot.com/2007/10/trees-and-shrubs.html

I’ll write more on this soon.

Thanks!

As far as the redesigned yard goes, it works. I’d maybe look at pulling the engine house track off of the yard ladder, but for a single track yard, it works. I picture it as more of a car dump then a yard since it only has a single track. Good thing is, you have an actual A/D track, and in the minimum space you have available, it’s a decent setup.

You said that you don’t know a lot about yards. I didn’t either until I found this site: http://ldsig.org/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.4
You should find this page most helpful: (http://ldsig.org/wiki/index.php/Yards–freight_and_passenger)

BTW, I really like the site you have set up here. It got bookmarked.

I’d like to know more about your inter scenery. I’m planning on doing the late fall season myself, so I could use much of the same techniques as you do. Also, have you seen Ed Kapuscinski’s site? He models N scale in the winter and his scenery is very convincing. You can check him out here: http://conrail1285.com/ Also, there’s a great PDF thats quite inspiring here: http://www.trains.com/mrr/objects/pdf/mr_lv_7-03_hoosierline_01.pdf

Oh well, enough of me yakking. Just thought I’d drop you a line to say great job and I’ll be watching.

Philip