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This looks pretty cool. Would have been local to me had I been around way back then.

I don't have a layout yet, but I'm gonna run a caboose on all of my tourist trains. It'll be cool. -Nate

I revised my track plan to this: It's not to scale, and I don't know how well it'll work, but that's my plan

Oh, yeah, I forgot. I'm posting stuff on my website now at The official Transcontinental railroad website. It's under Projects, in "Layout Construction". Should have put that in for you guys.

Ok, I got news. We've got legs on the table, we just need to put foam on it.

Alcomotive: That's the next project after I get all the cars converted. Well, actually, I'm gonna be putting new Kadee trucks on...You know, the ones with real springs. If only they made leaf springs....Oh well, we can't all have our way. Though, I could make it. That'd be cool, too. I'd be one...

Yeah, I know. I don't have a guage yet. I'll get one later, but this was a "learn how" kind of thing

Yeah, I turned it around. Right after i found out it was in wrong.

I know. I'm missing one that I'll have to replace later. Luckily, it's not one of these.

I've got Kadee #5 couplers that I just put on a Burlington Gondola. Here's the victim: Before Time to get the trucks off...Well, one for right now.It wasn't all that hard, though. Here it is with the original coupler: I know, my hand is showing. Gotta open the coupler box: Then put the...

Right now, I'm just using an old steak knife for a rough cut on a rock face. It actually works out pretty good.

Yeah, I never noticed that. The fuzziness helps with the effect, too.

Yeah, but there's this gigantic hole beside it

Dang, dude. I didn't think that was a model at first.

Nice shots, Jeff. I see you're using built in ballast. What about that hole in the wall, though?

I'll upload those later. I've got 1 of the underside of the table so far, before we worked on it. My grandpa gave it to me without legs, so that's what we're doing to it now.

Ok, update: We're staring framing for it. Remember, the table was just a table top and some "one-by" framing. We're doing a two piece table for it, so we're making legs and a frame to set the tabletop on it. We need screws and some "one-by" before we can finish the frame and put foam on. After...

Yeah, I'm gonna get a block of foam from Lowes. That's something I planned years ago. And yeah, I need to go down with a few things anyway.

Here they are. Beware, though. They are large. Looking at back yard, left side. Right side. They kind of overlap but you can see where. Fellow railfan? I hope so. He won't be happy with the house if he's not. I also plan on kitbashing what I have from a store to build a smaller store. It'll...

Well, I'm finally gonna build a layout. I've got it planned out how I want it, so I just need to build it the rest of the way. I'll give you more info and pictures tomorrow. -Nate