In real life the Nickel Plate Road never had a location where one of its trains crossed over itself, but on a model railroad layout anything is possible.

This model railroad was set up in the waiting room of the VIA Winnipeg station.

With a couple of modifications here is what I came up with.

Woodland Scenics

View from over the tunnel towards Braeside and the harbour. A4 "Woodcock" simmers on the Kings Cross sleeper

My friend John is a model railroader and invited me to photograph some of his trains and layout.

Temporary snow - plaster powder.

Track glued, wired and tested -- though not much of it. Here's a look at what will eventually be Labarthe yard.

My friend John is a model railroader and invited me to photograph some of his trains and layout.

Modul BF1A Bahnhofszufahrt

Übersicht über die vier Baustellen

Im Hintergrund der Gleiswechsel vom

Bahnhof Karlshausen

The first train from Dubuque to East Dubuque on my layout crosses the Mississippi. This is a work in process but I wanted to note this milestone in construction.

Patcong Valley Model Railroad

Rt. 40 in Richland NJ

www.patcongvalley.com/index.html

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Litchfield and Madison 1077 started as a decorated Intermountain alternate standard 2 bay hopper. I painted a light coat of black to leave the ghost of that scheme, then decaled the new initials and number with Mark Vaughan decals. Then I weathered the car with a fade coat of rust. Then it got another layer of decals with the patch out and new data, re-pack info, ACI label, and some chalk marks. It was finished with a final shot of dullcoat and some final light weathering on top of that.

Vacant Jarren Shoe factory. Built from the new Atlas N scale Middlesex Manufacturing kit.

These are photos of a HO Scale layout that measured 12' x 18'. This was custom built based on our customer's sketch. It is a DCC layout that featured 4 Routed. Powered by a Digitrax Super Chief. LocoNet Plug-in stations were located every 6 feet around the layout. The layout was built in modules for easy shipment to the customer. We provided all bench work, track, and wiring.

Streckenmodul 2

Patcong Valley Model Railroad

Rt. 40 in Richland NJ

www.patcongvalley.com/index.html

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I was invited to stop by this Model Railroad club in Chadwick, Illinois by flickr guy "TRAINUT" (Clarke). Quite an impressive layout at this out-of-the-way place. This single photo does not do it justice. Thanks for the hospitality!

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Northlandz Model Railroad, Flemington, NJ

Having some fun with long exposures, we drove Georgie's train around his layout with no light except for the EOT and the headlight, and got some exciting results.

Ontraxs 2013 Utrecht Spoorweg Museum

Freight depot in Slayton

under construction

Streckenmodul ST1 Feldarbeit, die Ränder der Wiese werden von Hand mit der Sense gemäht.

Modul BF1A Bahnhofszufahrt

Baustelle2 der Dachstuhl wird gerichtet.

Erweiterter und veränderter Bausatz.

Great Train Exhibit at the museum of Science & Industry.

Small coal loader in Mikesville.

A local business in Stuart. Walter added some amazing detail to this town - I'll have to post more close-up photos

After the intermodal the two SD45s are next over the bridge.

I made a visit to the Chi-Town Union Station model railroad display in Union Lake, Michigan on January 27, 2012 with Chelsea_Dale, KRFoto and another friend. Chi-Town isn't just any model railroad, it is the world's largest 0-Scale layout, and they run the world's longest model train, with today's train stretching

to 207 cars, including a few mid-train locomotives.

These Chevy Impala and Cadillac Eldorado convertibles, as well as a Ford GT, are in a charming setting beside the General Merchandise store at Chi-Town

Chi-Town Union Station

Just past Fort Sumner the tracks take a 90 turn and head towards Griffith, NM.

The plan for the railroad. There is an oval on the zero elevation level, a climb up to a yard, and a branchline to a mine. An amazing amount of content given the small space. I'm using the TT scale (1:120) sizing (3' x 6') for the layout, but doing it in N scale (1:160), so the curves will be broader and have improved reliability.

Gesamt ansicht meiner Modulanlage

ca. 12,5m x 4.7m

updated version of Clevermodels White Castle in Ho Scale. Model available here: clevermodels.squarespace.com/models-gallery/ The burglar bars are from Tichy Train group: www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop/tabid/91/c/ho_structure-part...

At Hereford there is a small yard and the Stone Container Corporation facility served by the Apache Railway which I have used modeler's license to relocate to NM.

Another building that I recently sold on e-Bay.

Modul BF1A , Bahnhofszufahrt

Baustelle 2 Dachstuhl wird gerichtet.

Ansicht von der Modulrückseite

Newest addition to the power roster - a Bachmann RS-3. I added corner handrails, angled numberboards, and correct horns, then a bit of light weathering