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For your review, staging yards

Ok, so I am tired of armchair modeling and have decided, with the help of MRH and others here decided to finally get into the meat of my layout. I have included a JPEG of my lower level staging for your comments. Note I am still working on dimensions but I figured I could post here for any constructive advice.

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What's in a Name?

You know what one of the toughest decisions I've had to make while designing this railroad has been? Not choosing a location or theme or choosing which industries to model.  The toughest decision has been coming up with a name for the railroad.

Better lighting

Just a quick post about better lighting (for overall workspace, the eponymous garage, rather than specifically for the layout only [though this light serves as layout lighting until I add dedicated lights to the modules]): I've had 100 W equivalent CFLs in the garage for lighting, and one burned out. While at the local big box store, I found 300 W equivalent yellower lights. Compare the new one (left) with the old one (right):

Mt. Coffin & Columbia River (N scale): Year Two

Here's the continuation of my Mt. Coffin & Columbia River 23" x 41" N scale layout that I started back at the end of November, 2010.

Beginning again at 67 years!

After what my spouse refers to as "her summer from hell" with her shift to "nurse, companion, and chief cook and bottle washer" following my diagnosis of congestive heart failure, I figure that we have a limited time frame to get on with the modeling that I have always wanted .


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