As he is building, Derek simplified the original design for his version of Cobourg, Ontario; so he asked me to revise the plan to reflect the changes. You can follow Derek's progress on his Facebook page. Download PDF
Thomas has a unique and rather challenging attic space for his railroad. We managed to make use of three of the dormers while retaining the out-in-the-country and largely tangent prototype from Southern Illinois. Interestingly the staging wound up on the middle level, allowing the lowest deck to be reserved for track-for-track representation of two large coal mines. Follow Thomas' blog for voluminous prototype information. Download PDF
Timothy had already built his benchwork and staging level, but asked me to help him with the visible deck. It was necessary to loop the mainline back upon itself to get any kind of mainline length—something I usually avoid—but I was able to add some interest by hiding half of the eastern end return loop. I gave it a little Washington state flavor with the town names. Download PDF
