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Hi everyone,I just thought that I'd introduce myself.  I'm Rob Newman and am 45.  I started in model railroading when I was 11.  That's when my older brother made a 4x8 layout for me for Christmas.  I've been model railroading on and off since then.  All my past layout have been in HO.  I finally put everything away abouth 13 years ago when we had our first child.  We needed the layout room for him.  About 2 years ago I requisitioned a small space for a folding table and decided to go N scale.  I bought a Kato set and ran trains for a while without structures or scenery.  Plans changed and the table space went away.  Bummer.  Well here I am a couple of years latter and have gained some space.  We recently remodeled and in the process removed a wood burning stove that was in a bay are in our family room.  The garage has been converted to a new family room and I now get the area where the stove sat.  I'll post pictures later.  I've been messing around with different ideas.  One thing about Kato track is that you can build and rebuild until you find just what you want.  Sure it costs money to buy the track but I'll use it.  Anyway, I decided to use the design that David Popp did in Phase I of the Naugatuck Valley RR in MR.  I had to mirror image the plan for my space and am using the Kato track so it is a little different.  Also some of the structures will be different since I am modeling the Pacific Northwest.  I am using GN and NP equipment and calling the RR the Great Northern Pacific.  I will be modeling lumber, gravel and coal on the layout.  I really like the fall colors that David used so will be sticking with that but there will be many more evergreens.  I'm going to take some construction pictures and will be uploading them to a Blog or somthing and include links here as I proceed.Problems so far have been Atlas couplers not working well on the Kato uncouplers so I am switching to Microtrains on everything.   Also, I bought a Life-Like SW9 that derails on some of the turnouts.  Maybe it's a guage thing with the wheels but I'm not sure yet.  It just walks over the points when turning.  So far I have 3 locomotives and a couple of dozen pieces of rolling stock.I read through all the posts here on "The 'N' Crowd" so far and really think it's a great place.  I'll keep everyone posted as I "chug" along. :-)Rob
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