Being a programmer I learned long ago that tasks must be done step by step, in order. So I am going to attempt to share my experiences completing a fairly good sized area of my layout that parallels the mainline track. There will be a number of structures on both sides of the street,

This past Saturday October 15th was my open house on the Piedmont Pilgrimage model railroad tour.  The tour started on the 15th and I was the very first layout on the tour.  This year there was one less railroad in the area as George Potter passed away and we lost his excellent layout which featured over 400 feet of double mainline.  George was a great person and wonderful modeler.  Since my layout is one of the greatest distance from the Atlanta area I didn't know what to expect for the number of visitors as it's over an hours drive for most people.

If you're using MP3 players for background sound (see the August MRH magazine article) and would like another free downtown city sound file, click on the link below.  The file is 15 minutes long, 14mb and has ambient background sound, cars, trucks, kids playing, dogs barking, and other various other sounds.  This is the second of (4) four downtown sound files that I have and use on my railroad.  I'll be posting others later.  I created the files myself using totally free sounds so that there are no license issues.  You are free to use and distribute them.