Recent content by Milepost131

August Contest Hopefully this is he way to enter the contest. THis is a picture of taken on my N scale layout of the Murphy Branch. THis is a representation of the Governor's Island bridge east of Bryson City, NC.

MR Murphy Branch article I have that issue of MR. They were doing a more recent period. As I said, June 21,1942. Why? Consolidations and Pacifics. Short trains. Bushnell still wasn't under water. Why June. I didn't want to model the mountains of Western NC in the winter. I've built over...

I've posted a picture of my current layout (N) underconstruction of Governors Island Bridge on the "Murphy Branch" (Nantahala Gorge Area, GSMR) Layout is around the room twice. Included are Balsam, Cowee Tunnel and Bridge,Bryson,Bushnell (I'm modeling 1942 BEFORE Fontana), Nantahala,Hawks Nest...

Plywood,homosote,foam etc. been there, done that I've used just about every form of benchwork there is in the last 40+ years. Right now my "current" layout is 2" foam with 1/2" plywood under it. I'm N scale. Code 55 and all scratchbuilt turnouts. In a basement environment. (So why all the...