[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I've been doing model railroading off and on since I was a kid. Where I usually lost interest was when it came time to do scenery, and with the last one I built I got most of the track down and realized it didn't offer much in terms of operations. That layout eventually ended up as a repository for stuff I didn't have an immediate use for.

Last weekend I cleaned most of the junk off the top of it, and I'll eventually get around to dismantling it. I came up with a plan that fits on a 30" x 80" door (I model in N scale, btw) and offers plenty for operations. But first, I have to get the old layout out of the way...

And for what it's worth, the impetus to start a new layout came when I found this up for sale on eBay.

[M1903A1]

Look on eBay for a copy of the album “Mister D’s Machine”, or look it up on YouTube. With Espee diesels, you just gotta have the sounds to go with em....

[Ezekiel]

I came up with a plan that fits on a 30" x 80" door (I model in N scale, btw) and offers plenty for operations. But first, I have to get the old layout out of the way... And for what it's worth, the impetus to start a new layout came when I found this up for sale on eBay.

Excellent! (Phinneous, see the pic.)

2020 -- the year of vision. :)

[Repeal The 17th]

I had O27 as a kid and I have built several HO an N layouts over the last 50 years...
I have been looking into doing another one.
There are a lot of new ideas and new technologies.

One new idea is instead of starting from a flat surface
and building up your landscaping,
is to put down several layers of foam board on you starting surface
and cutting/carving “down” into the foam board to give a
more realistic look to the landscape.

As far as new technologies, you no longer have to put insulators
between sections to operate locomotives independently,
you can charge the entire layout,
and you can get locomotives that are wirelessly controlled by individual transformers
no matter where they are on the track.

[Deaf Smith]

About 2.5 years ago, I had a customer in Johnson County (Texas y'all) who showed me his out building he built. Inside was his model railroad he was still building on.

At that time he had 8,000 ft of track on two levels. With the various switching yards, he said he had stations for up to 45 operators at one time.

Yes, he belonged to model RR club.