@Bill Park posted:Hi Mel, Per your request for some layout photos, here is a bit of a trip in pictures starting with the New Haven area of the layout. I basically constructed a point to point, free lance design with 3 levels and reverse loops on each end. My intention was to take advantage of the length of the basement and make long runs for the trains. Because of the distances, I was able to rise up 7 inches to the second level and 14 inches (above table at 0") to the third level while maintaining less than 1% grades everywhere. The opposite end of the layout has a reverse loop and yard and we have that as Scranton Pennsylvania, so we can haul coal out of a mine there. A trip starting at New Haven and running to Scranton and return takes about 10 minutes at a scale speed of 40 MPH. I have been using conventional block control but I have just implemented a Legacy System and I like very much how that operates the engines. Several towns along the way need to be arranged and landscaped as does a lot of the mountain areas. Your layout and its landscaping and buildings are a motivation for a lot of us on the Forum including me. Best Regards, Bill Park
Really fantastic, Bill..............so, on your pike do you interchange O&W coal trains with the New Haven at Maybrook? Or, do your New Haven trains have trackage rights on the O&W through Campbell Hall and get the coal in Scranton on their own? Either way 
, it's your railroad; you can do it any way you want........and, it is magnificent!!!!!
Peter
