Chris Gilbert

Okay the magnet has been moved and the road narrowed a bit and with the help of Steve it now goes round the bend.... As it's a delayed magnet it means I can uncouple on the magnet and then push it down the branch off the crossing. Still some tweaking and tidying up required but almost done

This should give an idea of how it will look at Glasgow

Supaned I think I'll have to live with the magent because most of its finished now Mal The grass and tufts are from the Heki range as are the trees I've planted today The earth is Steve's ash but this time it's a lot browner The glue is drying at the moment so I'll post some photos later This was taken earlier today

Very nice Mal Here are a few photos of the overgrown branch to Haston

Phil This is what I have ready for Glasgow Guilford HH GP40 Guilford HH GP40 Guilford GP40-2W Guilford SD26 CSX 8-40C CSX 8-40CW NS 8-40CW ex Conrail CSOR 8-40B P&W 8-40B CSX 8-40B ex NYS&W

Yes Pete Same way as before. I can't seem to get into the same flow on this side as I did on the other side. I think it's because of the cool damp weather and the fact it takes ages for the glue to dry. I even had to go out shopping this afternoon while I waited for it to set. Now I've lost the will to live

Time to get messy

Hi Phil Its an Atlas Dash 8-40B with a Tsunami sound decoder I do have a P&W Intermountain U18B but its not sound fitted yet thanks

Thanks Dan Its a Cell Phone Antenna Tower Kit by BLMA Cell http://www.blmamodels.com/cgi-bin/webstore/shop.cgi?ud=AAgFBQwMDwwCBxQUEBEcHA4BBA8BBgIECQkTEQAA&t=main.blue.htm&storeid=1&cols=1&categories=01001-00011&&c=detail.blue.htm&t=main.blue.htm&itemid=4100

Thanks Mal It's Woodlands earth over the top over brown poster paint. I've added a few trees today and started on the grade crossing.

As work progresses at North Haston I thought I'd share my thoughts on how the layout would now operate at shows. Originally I had planned to just scenicing the staging area but after closer studying I thought I could add some interesting operation to the layout, if i added fiddle yards to either end of the scenic section I've decided that North Haston, which has moved back up to the New England area, as it allows a larger variation of railroads, is now an interchange between a regional railroad/shortline and a Class one/regional railroad company. I'm not setting which is which in stone, so one day I can operate with ,say, the CSX interchanging with the Guilford,and the next day I could operate the Guilford interchanging with the Vermont Railroad. Using the track plan below I will try and explain how it will operate. The class one/regional railroad comes in from the left on track one and pulls all the way to the right (3), once it's cleared the turnout the train backs up along the rear track (2) and uncouples just passed the grade crossing. Once uncoupled the mainline loco pulls forward under the highway bridge, the road is change, it then backs up and stands on the front track (1) clear of the crossing. Next the regional railroad/shortline train arrives from the right, the loco uncouples from its train just in front of the warehouse and heads off to couple up the the inbound train standing on the rear left hand track (2). The class one/regional railroad loco then starts up and couples to the outbound train and exits stage left. The regional railroad/shortline train then pulls back in, carries out any switching that is required then departs right to service the rest of the line. Once all this has happen an officers train, a Sperry Rail Car or even a light engine lash up might appear and then we start all over again. Hope this makes sense... NS ex-Conrail Dash 8-40CW stands at Noth Haston

I'm going for the easiest way I know to hide the cuts It's also my vain attempt to hide the join between the two boards. I will add another highway bridge to make it twice as big and add a few view blockers either side to hide the joint a little

Hi Phil It's all sorted thanks I've been in contact with Ian before Warley The full length at Glasgow will be 14 feet 9 feet of the layout with four and a half feet main fiddle yard plus another 6 inches by the silos to allow double headed locos run round. I will be adding another four and a half feet fiddle yard to behind the silos for TVNAM next year!!!

Thanks Andy

Yes please Steve

I've started laying the track for the extension Firstly I cleared about 2-3 inches of the old track Next the new track was attached I then removed the sleepers either side of the join and screwed down two lengths of copper clad sleeper strips I then solder the rails to the CCS and added more screws After cutting along the joint it was sprayed with sleeper grime. With a bit of luck it should be dry soon so I can continue I've started laying the track for the extension Firstly I cleared about 2-3 inches of the old track Next the new track was attached I then removed the sleepers either side of the join and screwed down two lengths of copper clad sleeper strips I then solder the rails to the CCS and added more screws After cutting along the joint it was sprayed with sleeper grime. With a bit of luck it should be dry soon so I can continue

[quote name="Jez" post="1280857" timestamp="1388335704" Its all down to you having watched your CF7s switching out those 100 ton cement cars on North Haston. Don't blame me, I can get myself in to enough trouble, it was Colin62 who got me into switching cement hoppers

DaveAs Charlie Young was told in an episode of the West Wing "If they are shooting at you, you must be doing something right" I thrive on that kind of criticism

298 I'm just catching up on today's posts. I can't remember the make of the palms at the moment, I will find out tomorrow and get back to you.

torikoos The guys have already said that i use really useful boxes They are the 4 lt size http://www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk/uk/html/onlineshop/rub/b04_0litre.php They hold 8 50' boxcars or similar size locos

As I promised North Haston in New England mode for Model Rail Scotland I have removed the palm trees and moved the layout back up North. It will take on the guise of a interchange between CSX and the Guilford The palm trees will be kept save and will be used should I will wish to model Florida again, I might even try modeling LA for the next exhibition layout. Who knows what 2014 will bring!