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Awesome layout. Super impressive..
Thanks for the kind comments. The basic line and a siding went down 12 years ago. In a couple of years later a second concertric circuit went in and a connection between the two evolved in various forms over the years. Finally the fully developed sidings found their way into the house and a turning wye made a further connection from there to the main circuit.

What makes it for me though is the planting around the track that has grown and evolved over the years. More by luck than design I have been able to use these to create a number of effects, like green tunnels and veiwing "windows". The best view is sitting in a chair with your eyes a couple of feet above track level. I'll try to post that picture in a while. Max
 
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Thanks for the kind comments. The basic line and a siding went down 12 years ago. In a couple of years later a second concertric circuit went in and a connection between the two evolved in various forms over the years. Finally the fully developed sidings found their way into the house and a turning wye made a further connection from there to the main circuit.

What makes it for me though is the planting around the track that has grown and evolved over the years. More by luck than design I have been able to use these to create a number of effects, like green tunnels and veiwing "windows". The best view is sitting in a chair with your eyes a couple of feet above track level. I'll try to post that picture in a while. Max
Yes please share the pictures. It is very cool how the ground cover has evolved
 

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A short gap between trains..

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IMG_0281.JPG Does a indoor layout count?
 

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All these great pictures is just the motivation I need to keep pressing on and get some trains going.

My sentiments exactly.

Great pictures.....and thanks for sharing.
 
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To add to me other ones a few posts back.....
When a switch (point) was extracted to be replaced with a plain curve

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When a disused cosmetically placed R1 cross over was substituted for a working R5 system:

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As ever some wonderfully witty pictures of the goings on at your stunningly landscaped and detailed line. Keep 'em coming. Love it.

Did your MOW crew have access to this spiffing training film

Max
 
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Cheers for the comment Max ....what a great little vid! Nice one indeed
 

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Those guys look busy, foreman look a bit of a cat though
 

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As ever some wonderfully witty pictures of the goings on at your stunningly landscaped and detailed line. Keep 'em coming. Love it.

Did your MOW crew have access to this spiffing training film

Max

OK...

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Mind you they have made a pigs ear of it at times...

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15033221474391204539269.jpg Great camera work everyone. The photography is one of my favorite parts of the hobby..
 
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Might as well Share my latest creation. A old mailpouch barn. Popular in the US in the early 1900s . In Ohio and west Virginia and Pennsylvania. The company would go around and pay people $1.25 to paint there advertising on barns all over states.IMG_20170821_124552044.jpg IMG_20170821_124806542_HDR.jpgIMG_20170821_124610974.jpg IMG_20170821_124731593.jpg IMG_20170821_124641397.jpg
 
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