I have a question regarding how I should design my CTC Panel (for JMRI).  When I operate the layout, it will run in a Point-to-Point manner with six staging tracks on either end.  In order to turn trains, I have a single reversing loop that is accessed directly for west staging, but east staging crosses over onto the west staging lead to access the reversing loop.

While looking for an article I saw a while back about the worlds smallest Train in commercial production I saw the following it's 1:450 Scale "T" scale. It is to "Z" scale what HO is to "O"  1/2 the size of "Z". you can hold the whole city of New York in your hands and watch trains run 

The trains run on real tracks not in a slot or on a single rail like other small railroads do.

NO JOKE

http://t-gauge.net/

Dan

Moving stock on western railroads has always been big business and no less on the narrow gauge. When a large block was to be moved off the Rio Grande Southern to market the RGS and the D&RGW worked to move the stock with in the time set by law. Law was animals could not be in the cars for more than 24 hours, the shipper could make 30 hours at his risk. When the move was to be made the railroads had it set up so the cars would go from loading to transshipping point in this time.

MEC #52 Fresh out of the paint shops at Waterville, Maine.  Nice to see that they are painting some locomotives in the old colors.  Sorry the picture isn't all that clear but it is very overcast here today and was raining at the time I took this photo with my cell phone.