Ashley

For my birthday I was a lucky girl and got given a 1961 Car Builders Cylopedia. I also agree that the RPC magazine books (Mooks?) are well worth every penny paid for them.

Pete, How interesting. My stepfather had a Kentish background, if you consider Bromley to be Kent that is. However, I always thought it was spelt toot, as that was how I heard it pronounced. Ashley

For those of you who don't follow blogs I've posted the first of a series of posts i plan to do over the Xmas period on my new layout, Burnham Yard. More here: http://no-two-alike....-slap-down.html Enjoy.

Great link, thanks for that. I've got both those books and not to forget the Traction Guidebook by Mike Schafer. Kalmbach (1974)

Diesel Locomotives: The First 50 Years By Louis A. Marre. Kalmbach (1995). The Steam Locomotive in America by Alfred W. Bruce. Bonanza Books (1952). The Electric Interurban Railways in America by George W. Hilton & John F. Due (1960). All of these have informed me, given me pleasure when read and are jolly useful to have to hand.

And here is the current draft that was arrived with help from Paulus Jas from Amsterdam. A description and explanation of the tracks etc appear on my blog, the link for which is in my signature line below.

I'm still working on the plan, but here is a draft in progress. I'm going to remove the left hand rear track as it is basically inaccessible. I'm also going to simplify the switchbacks as there are too many of them. More on my new layout here. http://no-two-alike.blogspot.com/search/label/North%20Shore%20Line

In all fairness the Cambrian kit was improved and you can a list of the improvements made here; http://www.clag.org.uk/sr-brake.html Me, I'm looking forward to comparing my Cambrian homebrew with the Bachmann offering in due course.

Very nice work and kudos for the etch kit design too.

Gorre and Daphetid Railroad by John Allen Canandaigo & Southern by John Armstrong Neither are layouts I would copy, but both are inspirational.