Lets see your railroad

[Anonymous]

in getting ready to start scenery on my layout I need a source for some inspiration. But why not make this fun? Give a breif description of your layout (size, scale, era, prototype) and post a picture or two. Since I started I guess I go first[:)].

size: 11x11
scale: HO
era: modern (80s+)
prototype: CSX, Amtrak and Southcross&Western (freelance) in the NE US


A CSX mixed frieght heads uphill toward Ganton. the locos are a BLI AC6000, Kato SD70MAC, Kato SD90MAC, P2K SD60 It looks like the front of the last engine is in a huge dip, but thats just an illusion caused by the angle of the shot and the fact that the mainline makes a wide S curve there.



The engines are long gone now, heres a view of mid-train

Hopefully someday this train will be running above a city and past mountains.

[grandeman]

Here's ours. Best wishes on your scenery. Have fun!

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=49214

[BRVRR]

Joe,
My HO scale, Black River Valley Railroad is 4x10- feet, mounted on garage door rollers for access to the 'back' side of the layout. I model the NYC in the transition era, 1955-7 specifically.
My website, link is in my signature, has a track plan and photos of the structures, rolling stock, locomotives, the layout in general and some 'How To' photo essays. I just added some new pictures over the weekend. Take a look!

[dinwitty]

feel free to scan

http://www.qtm.net/~dinwitty/rr/rr1.html

I will update it kinda soon, I am working on a narrow gauge module.

[Anonymous]

Dont have much built yet but here it is:

http://mysite.verizon.net/coyote97/getyourkicks/

[jeffers_mz]

The layout here is 3.9375 feet by 8 feet, represents the Silverton Railroad in the San Juan Mountain Range, Colorado, only in full gauge HO, not narrow gauge, and is primarily based on the early 1890's era. "Primarily" because my kids like diesels, my son especially likes military related subjects, so the 1890s Silverton, Chattanooga, and silver mine buildings will all be removable to allow newer era (and probably olive drab) ones set in their places from time to time.

Here's the general track plan:



Here's a pic that's about three weeks old:



Since that was taken, the whole layout moved to another room, grew its own legs, shed the sawhorses it used to rest on, accquired one new siding and one new spur, had all the other spurs pulled up and electrically isolated, and is currently awaiting new wiring for the 7 isolated spurs and three new turnouts, before the foam is put back in place and fine tuned, at which point it'll be just about ready for plaster.

I'm hoping I can wire it tomorrow, but reality says it'll probably slop over into Thursday.

[Anonymous]

HO scale, two 4x8's with a 3x3 connector, kind of in a U formation. Click on my railimages link to see some good (and some not so good) pics of it.

Scenery is fun to make, because you can take something--like foam and plaster, and make it do exactly what you want.

Greg

[Anonymous]

Check out photos of my layout at both the Website and Webshots photo album listed in my signature.

[Anonymous]

size: 4'x12' (soon to be 4'x20')
scale: HO
era: present day
prototype: BNSF and illinois Central (i guess you'd say IC is freelanced since it no longer exists)
location: somewhere in IOWA (both BNSF and IC operated in IA)


in the first pic we see the section my grandfather built years ago -this fall i added 4'x8' to it (second pic)-i hope to add another 4'x8' to make it 4'x20'

[mlehman]

Here's some pics that are a couple of years old now:
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/xythoswfs/webui/mlehman/www/RRPics

size: 26'x16' (with one end of the room narrowing to 10')
scale/gauge: HO/Hon3
era: post-WWII to 1970
prototype: D&RGW, Silverton RR, Silverton, Gladstone, & Northerly, and Silverton Northern

Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL

[twhite]

If you're interested, the website for my Yuba River Sub of the D&RGW railroad is right below my signature. Hope you enjoy.
Tom[:D]

[Pruitt]

You can see my CB&Q in Wyoming layout at my website. It's in my signature.

[tstage]

You can view my layout from the link at the bottom of this post.

Tom

[cmurray]

Here are a bunch of mine posted on TrainBoard

http://www.trainboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/8/t/001693.html?

and a short video

http://www.youtube.com/?v=lfbM4DPM45s

[Anonymous]

Alot of great pictures there. Sorry I dont have any to ost yet, my layout is just being started and I havent taken any yet. I will soon tho.

Steve

[GAPPLEG]

http://mypeoplepc.com/members/gapplegate/jerryslayout/

This s it, a work in progress, 1 1/2 years into it.

[Anonymous]

Looking good so far, Joe. I like the clouds! To see my "work in progress" layout, check the link in my sig.

[steffd]

Great job everyone! It’s really nice to see other peoples work and work in progress. In my view, this represents the majority of us, unlike the layouts depicted in MR which although great to look at and aspire to, are not necessarily representative of the many of us who are still in the developmental or construction phase of our layouts. Hope to see more.

My Present layout is currently under construction and incorporates a European theme. This pic is from my previous layout and is the only section to have survived the demolition. I now keep it as a display module. I previously modeled CN and CP but began to loose interest in the same old thing. After a trip to Europe in the summer of 2003, I discovered a whole New World and decided to convert to European modeling, which ultimately reinvigorated my passion for the hobby. If interested, you can also view my Website for more specs and photos of my current layout project by clicking the link bellow.

Stephan

[waltersrails]

CSX present 7.5 by 8.5 http://ztrainman.tripod.com/

[nbrodar]

Name: The Penn Lake System, Bourbon River Sub
Scale: HO
Size: 10 x 17
Theme: Mid 1990s Super Regional in Northeastern PA. Strong CP/D&H, Conrail, and Amtrak presence.

You can see some close ups of my layout at:
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53874

Nick
- We ARE Penn State! -

[selector]

Below is the link to my railimages. As Harold would say, thank-you if you visit.

http://www.railimages.com/gallery/crandelloverton

[waltersrails]

everyones pics are looking nice.