Chey sent in these photos and description of his layout to share:

“Hi, here are some photos of the progress on my British 1950’s/60’s inspired model railway and also a short story behind the layout and locations it’s based on.

The story of this layout is a ‘what if’ the Great Central Railway extended to Gloucester in the 1930’s and remained there with a terminus in the 1950’s/1960’s until closure in 1965, the station is in a run down state with just a small booking office at the top of the stairs leading to the platform also the diesels now have a shed on side next to the coaling stage and only a handful of steam locomotives (to be acquired for the layout) are based there now including a 9f, and a Britannia or 2 plus a selection of BR(W), BR(E) and BR(M) motive power.

The station on this layout is called Gloucester General and is based on most Great Central Railway style stations, the depot is based loosely on 85B which was the Western Regions shed on Horton Road in Gloucester.

It’s British outline N gauge. All track and points are Peco, and the scenics are sourced from my back garden such as the ballast which is made using ash from the fire pit, the bushes are moss from the patio and walls.

The boards are actually 15mm compressed foam board attached to two beams running the length underneath, the layout is currently DC however it is being wired for DCC as we speak. I hope this makes for some interesting thoughts/ comments and hope you enjoy it too.”

Kim sent in these photos and comments to share:

“Here are some if the things I have been working on lately. I am putting a green color over the pink, even though I am going to use some grass and other green turf and trees. I will be using some fine ballast in places as the affect of gravel. I think of stuff as I go along.”

Mike posted this question:

“Hi, I’m a 59 year old double amputee who decided to get into model trains due to depression from limb loss. My question is this: I bought the Bachmann Chattanooga starter set that comes with HO scale EZ track. If I want to change engine and rolling stock in HO will they fit this track or do the single buys use a certain track? I like Bachmann and would probably buy that brand if this helps. Thank you.”

Ian took this photo, but he’s not sure what year it was, of the Pontefract Model Railway Exhibition in the UK. If some can place the scene and time, maybe they can share a comment.

Thanks for sharing.

Steve contributed this idea:

“Given all the home time I wanted to share what I’ve done with a Mattel and Fisher Price Thomas trains , I’ve disassembled them , and cut open the frames and installed Kato 4 wheel drives into them so they can run on N scale track. I’ve also done the same with the minis and put Rokuhan drives in for Z scale makes for one of a kind trains that can’t be brought in the store and a good way to get little kids interested in model railroading.”

Joe Graffi has kindly sent in some photos of his layout to share, and writes:

“I model in HO and these are some recent shots of the 12’x8’ layout. The time is late steam, prior to 1950 in the area of N.W. New Mexico & S.W. CO. Most of the landscaping is from photos I took along the Cumbres & Toltec. The town is San Juan Creek and is supported by: San Juan Lumber Co. and San Juan Coal, as well as Talones Packing Co. (cattle) and Ochs Oil Distribution). The local railroad is “San Juan & Central”. The “Santa Fe” passes through and has a station at Grants N.M.”

The bottom left photo shows a 0-6-0 with a consist of empty flats just past the planning mill. Joe makes all of his own decals.

Richard shares this info – “Our model railroad club (South Hills Model Railroad Club) in Pittsburgh does 4 events a year displaying our modular layout. This scene is from onboard a train at the March 2019 show.”