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Here is a local Union Pacific train crossing the intersection of McCarty and Bolivar streets in Jefferson City, Missouri(state capital). Jefferson City is between St. Louis and Kansas City. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/449612/ Wendell Idaho, USA

This is a New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway freight train in Gretna, Louisiana. The train is running down 4th Street. Gretna is a suburb of New Orleans. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/175006/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Two more pictures out of the State of Texas. In the first picture, a Capital MetroRail train is running down 4th Street in Downtown Austin. The second picture shows a METRORail train running down Fannin Street near Downtown Houston. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/627206/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/484010/ Wendell Idaho, USA

I am a truck driver myself by profession. Even though I live in The States, I am not too fond of spiked wheel nut covers because they get stolen a lot in the major cities. Wendell Idaho, USA

Here are a couple of pictures of a BNSF train in Longmont, Colorado traversing down Atwood Street. Longmont is about 34 miles(54.4 kilometers) north of Denver. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/415057/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/423405/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Another picture of Denver, Colorado. This is a Denver Rock Island Railroad train running down Packinghouse Road. The DRIR is a Class III railroad. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/536206/ Wendell Idaho, USA

This is a Union Pacific train doing some quasi-street running in La Grange, Texas. The train is running down La Fayette Street. La Grange is in Eastern Texas between Austin and Houston. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/377413/ Wendell Idaho, USA

More pictures of Phoenix, Arizona. In the first picture, a Valley Metro light rail train is running down Jefferson Street next to Chase Field(the home of MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks) in Downtown Phoenix. The second picture is a BNSF local freight train running down 11th Avenue just south of downtown. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/606274/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/386164/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here are some more pictures for this thread of Brantford, Ontario. The inventor of the telephone was the late Alexander Graham Bell and he lived in this city. Brantford is not too far from Hamilton. The Canadian National Railway(CN) used to do street running down Clarence Street in Brantford(in these pictures). Today, the Southern Ontario Railway does the street running and is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/419900/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/420314/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/463068/ Wendell Idaho, USA

My first Canadian picture. This is a GATX Corporation train in Guelph, Ontario doing some quasi-street running down Kent Street. Guelph is between Toronto and Kitchener near Ontario Highway 401(Macdonald-Cartier Freeway). http://www.railpictures.net/photo/419891/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Nice pictures of the MacArthur Square station from today. Wendell Idaho, USA

Nice picture of the Boston & Maine in Portland, Maine. Paul Boehlert had made a layout modeling Portland, Maine in the Model Railroader magazine(about two years ago). Wendell Idaho, USA

"That almost looks like a model with the ubiquitous roadworks cameo." Cheers, Mick By looking at how some of the streets are formed(with one car driving in each direction) and the tracks being embedded into a reddish clay-looking concrete, that picture looks like a model railroad. Wendell Idaho, USA

Here is a picture of Hampton Roads Transit's Tide light rail train in Norfolk, Virginia. The train is at the MacArthur Square station in Downtown Norfolk. City Hall Avenue, Plume Street, Bank Street, and Atlantic Street all surround the MacArthur Square station. The Tide light rail route is 7.4 miles(11.9 kilometers) long and it runs entirely in the City of Norfolk(to the City of Virginia Beach border). The Tide trains started running in 2011 well after my time of being in Norfolk for an extended time. I was stationed on a ship with the United States Navy at Naval Station Norfolk(the largest naval base in the world) back in the 1990's. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/545083/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here are some pictures of a Norfolk Southern freight train running down Scott Street in Bristol, Virginia. State Street separates the two Bristols; one in Virginia and the other in Tennessee. On the Tennessee side, Bristol is home to the Bristol Motor Speedway(NASCAR racing). http://www.railpictures.net/photo/350334/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/268988/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/138793/ Wendell Idaho, USA

"Geep 35 in "Arizona and California"" Hey Jack, the Arizona & California Railroad is in the Mojave Desert of the two namesake states with a branch line to Phoenix, Arizona(via BNSF trackage rights). As far as the type of trees to use, I would say use either Joshua trees or deciduous trees. Wendell Idaho, USA

Go ahead, Jack! Get that layout back out! I am sure that everyone would love to see pictures circa-2018!http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/30394 http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/30075 http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/30975 Wendell Idaho, USA

"Chicago Fork could easily masquerade as - LA circa 1970 - 1990s (paired SP SW1500s and western RR stock) - LA circa 1990 - 2000 (paired ex-SP + UP SW1500s and western stock) - Florida 1980 - 2000 (Apalachicola Northern SW1500 + caboose and ??? stock, just need to add a palm tree... ;-) ) - Chicago circa "CB&Q" era (as designed, with Atlas CB&Q GP40 + caboose and ??? stock) - Chicago 1990 - 2010 (IHB SW1500 + PB1 and ??? stock) - NY/NJ 1990 - 2000 (NYCH S1, S4, or NW2 and eastern stock)" Or one of the following: - Seattle 1970's to mid-1990's(BN or UP locomotives with mostly western cars) - Seattle mid-1990's to present(BNSF, UP, or Tacoma Rail locomotives with mostly western cars) - Portland, Oregon depending on timeframe(SP/UP, BN/BNSF, or Portland & Western locomotives with mostly western cars) - Spokane, Washington depending on timeframe including the predecessors(BNSF, UP, or MRL locomotives with mostly western cars) - Vancouver, BC depending on timeframe(BC Rail, CN, CP, or BN/BNSF locomotives with mostly western cars) - San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose depending on timeframe(SP/UP or ATSF/BNSF locomotives with mostly western cars) - Denver depending on timeframe(DRGW/SP/UP or ATSF/BN/BNSF locomotives with mostly western cars) - Kansas City depending on timeframe(MP/MKT/UP, ATSF/BN/BNSF, or KCS locomotives with mostly western and midwestern cars) - Salt Lake City depending on timeframe(DRGW/SP/UP, Utah Railway, or Salt Lake City Southern Railroad locomotives with mostly western cars) - Phoenix depending on timeframe(SP/UP or ATSF/BNSF locomotives with mostly western cars) Wendell Idaho, USA

I know that I am rehashing this old thread. I want to say to Jack that you had built a nice, simple, and interesting layout. This Inglenook layout can also be built without a sector plate(using two turnouts/switches) and in any scale. Using the same operating example Jack pointed out, this layout can also be built into a 4-3-2(5 cars), 4-3-3(6 cars), or 5-4-3(7 cars) Inglenook. Wendell Idaho, USA

"This is also why I prefer to cast Inglenooks as "Main, pass/drill, and carspot-spur" arrays. The "Main and drill" pair is typical of one end of a runaround (the "other end" is well out-of-sight and mind a conceptual mile or more away), and gives a plausible "working space" which is not "a private industry spur."" Hey Professor Klyzlr, this above paragraph is similar operation to the "Chicago Fork"(yours) and "Fiddlestick Switch Job" layouts. Wendell Idaho, USA

Nice American-based switching layout in TT scale! Wendell Idaho, USA

I had just found this thread. I like the second track plan better than the first one because it gives you a classic Inglenook yard layout. Despite the fact that I live in The States, I love the standard Inglenook layout better than the standard Timesaver layout because Inglenook layouts are more prototypical and they use less turnouts(switches). Wendell Idaho, USA

Here are some more pictures from Anaheim, California with the train now running down Santa Ana Street. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/455598/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/241105/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/113789/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/83228/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/64667/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/353698/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/329663/ Wendell Idaho, USA

More pictures from my native metropolitan area of Los Angeles. Here are some pictures of a Southern Pacific/Union Pacific train running down Olive Street in Anaheim, California past and present. Anaheim is about 35 miles(56 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles via the Santa Ana Freeway(Interstate 5). Anaheim is home to Disneyland, NHL's Anaheim Ducks, and MLB's Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/241821/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/369795/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/152699/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/77715/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/101391/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/218173/ Wendell Idaho, USA

Here's three freight pictures from the Seattle area. http://www.railpictures.net/photo/614610/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/338576/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/113772/ Wendell Idaho, USA