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Track Work- Roundhouse Curve
One of the major design features of the yard is the 180-degree curve that will eventually run around the roundhouse. There is no roundhouse yet, but I have nick-named it Roundhouse curve nonetheless.
I soldered 2 full-length (30″) sections of flex track together for each of the 3 tracks going around the curve. The first piece of track, which…
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Track Work - The Mainline Crossover
One of the most important sections of track on the layout is the crossover between the double mainlines that is placed front-and-center on the layout. I toyed around with the placement of this crossover for a while before choosing this spot, since it will allow trains to come out of the reversing loop in the yard and move straight to the…
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Beginning track work...
Almost 3 weeks elapsed between the completion of the cork, and the start of laying track. This was because I had precious little time to work on hobby stuff throughout the month of November. December 1st, 2025, I finally lay the first piece of track. It was a 30″ piece of the yard lead, glued down using DAP Apex Plus siliconized caulk, clear.…
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Laying the Cork
Following the completion of the benchwork, I began laying the cork roadbed. This process began on October 29th, 2025, when I drew lines with a sharpie, indicating where the track would go. The next day, I lay the first piece of cork, and for the next dozen days, that was all I did. I am using Midwest brand N scale cork roadbed that is glued…
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Benchwork Construction (October 7th-16th)
The layout has already been under construction for 4 months, so the first posts will be making up lost time.
The first month (October 2025) started out with Benchwork construction. Lots of time on my hands, an affinity for working with tools, and ADHD-fueled hyper fixation allowed me to complete this task in just 9 days, start to finish…
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We're Winning
Hey friend!
I spent the weekend dismantling the outer mountain pass and replacing what I had constructed with a Woodland Scenics 2% incline kit. I had noticed a few issues with my original attempt, I was trying to go up grade through both curves, the track had a slight camber in the rear curve, and I discovered the rails were rough on a…
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Black River and Western Railroad Ringoes N.J.
Got lucky the steam was running this day.
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AZL New Releases February 2026 Part 1!!!
Sorry for the delay folks! Here they are!!!
AMERICAN Z LINE
February 2026 New Releases Part 1
EMD GP30 – Great Northern
Big Sky Blue anyone? Two road numbers are available:
62112-3 GN GP30 3005 Big Sky Blue
62112-4 GN GP30 3008 Big Sky Blue
The 2026 run of GP30s feature AZL’s 7mm motor, dual flywheels, prototype specific details, pre-installed…
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What is the PC&NP? Lore Dump
This post consists of a rather large lore drop for the fictional railroad that will occupy my layout. There is quite a bit of creative liberties taken with the lore, including some re-writing of history.
The PC&NP is a fictional North Dakota-based class 2 railroad founded in 2010 by the merging of three Class 3 railroads—The Pioneer Central and…
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Seaboard Equipment
A few pieces of passenger and freight equipment on my roster. (N-Scale)
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