The Trains

I model 'N' gauge trains which work out to 160:1 scale .I think this is the second most popular gauge after 'HO' which is 87:1 scale . N gives you the ability to model realistically large areas  in limited space
The trains running on this layout of which I don't have many rolling stock as they will have to be
what ran in that era. Some passenger coaches (like in the picture) some coal cars and the typical goods coaches.

Here is some more on model railroading
http://www.askmen.com/money/how_to_400/405_how_to.html

The Neighbour

We have a interesting view from our balcony But our neighbor really really! likes the view

An earlier layout

Some pictures of a Layout that ran around my work desk.
Never got to finish it but it had some interesting areas.

The Layout

A sketch of how the Layout might look like,
A typical small town somewhere in the untamed frontiers  of the west 
The steel tracks pushing further west to the promise of gold and California
railway workers  and ranch hands sustaining the  small town economy.