Hi guys I am looking to start building a outdoor O gauge layout.  Nothing fancy just two big loops on each end for non stop running.  My question is where I put the wye in-line with the mainline, how do I automate ie hands off, the wye so that the wye will switch by itself and remain in that position until the train comes back to the wye and goes back through the wye without derailing.  So basically when the train comes in the first time it goes in one direction and as the train exits the wye it pushes the rails over to the other side and then when the train comes back it wil

Since I've subscribed to MRH and have been reading the issues and the blogs, I now find myself itching to start building a layout using TOMA's or some such sectional modules. I know what I want to model and the approximate era. Now I need to pick a scale, equipment, track, and structures.

Here a short clip of my paper mill layout, it’s a 10ft x 8ft U shaped switching layout. 

The paper mill comprises of three tracks and two turnouts, which the branch comprises of three track, two on the branch itself and one that leads to the paper mill. There is also a tiny MOW siding which normally houses the railroad’s crane.

I’ve cherry picked ideas for Dunn Papers at Port Huron, MI and International Papers in Biglerville, PA allowing me to have a number of different that’s of cargo arrive and depart from the mill

After my HO scale CFNR layout sat and collected dust for a couple years, I decided to give some mainline action of the modern day BNSF in Arizona a try. After researching parts of the Seligman Sub and the Phoenix Sub, I was intrigued by the Kingman, Az. area and the entire Phoenix Sub. I picked up a couple locomotives and pieces of rolling stock to test my weathering skills in such a small scale and saw some success. I next built a 1'x4' diorama set in the Arizona desert and again saw some success.