A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The Buffalo & Susquehanna RR had a horseshoe curve.........

[rogruth]

The trees here are bare as in the other photo.
I think this picture was taken in the winter so the curve could be seen.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The trees here are bare as in the other photo.
I think this picture was taken in the winter so the curve could be seen.

Small trees.......

[Rufus T. Firefly]

More of the B&S RR near Galeton, Pa

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Amazing. Never saw anything like it. And If I had ever seen such a railroad landscape on a layout, I might have thought it was unrealistic. (Well, I do have three levels on my layout , though not as widespread up a hillside. ) Just goes to show there is always something new to learn, huh.

Carving RRs up there like that, they must have really wanted to get somewhere important to them.

[rogruth]

Rufus,
Is any of that B&S roadway still extant?
Werte switch-backs involved?

Murph,
I think I see new stuff every time you show your layout.
There may not be but I didn't see it before.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus,
Is any of that B&S roadway still extant?
Were switch-backs involved?

Really do not know at all; just ran across a few cards that I thought worth sharing.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

...
Murph,
I think I see new stuff every time you show your layout.
There may not be but I didn't see it before.

Thank you for the reach-back of the comments, Roger. Having two-way conversations is always nice and a personal goal of mine when attending a forum. The days of old-coots alone in their basements and sheds playing with trains are gone, for the most part, I would imagine, so for me, and happily so, these on-line forums are a way to communicate - with an emphasis on the "community" aspect - with others of like-minds. It is equally a pleasure to discover that there are folks who view things differently, which I find a real pleasure. Thank you again for the comments.

Regarding change on my layout, just like when folks come to the house as guests to experience our layout, I rarely make comments about what they are seeing. I just crank 'er up and let folks observe and enjoy as they wish.

I do make changes, from time to time, however, and that is likely what you are detecting in the landscape views.

Therefore, for your inspection, here is a piece of miniature real-estate I did change, considerably. The church and its grounds are gone. A small rural business has taken its place. The details of what's different are up to your eyes to spot. I hope you enjoy the view, Roger.

[rogruth]

Murph,
I know the old saying that a model railroad is never really finished
but there is a stage that is reached where one can say that it is
finished to the eyes of most observers.
How long did it take for you to get to that place?
My layout is much smaller, 16' X 20' and is basically finished.
I needed @ 11 years to get there.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Murph,
I know the old saying that a model railroad is never really finished
but there is a stage that is reached where one can say that it is
finished to the eyes of most observers.
How long did it take for you to get to that place?
My layout is much smaller, 16' X 20' and is basically finished.
I needed @ 11 years to get there.

The first iteration of the layout was begun in 1995. A subsequent significant change occurred some years later when I stripped it to the plywood and added approx. 20'x6' (top photo) from the garage to the basement, which is entirely consumed by the layout, except of course for the utilities enclosures.
The last (and final, I'm pretty sure) change made to any miniature real-estate was to this area, seen at the farthest point, at the end of the aisle, in the top photo, which is of the added room space and last layout extension.....
The bottom two photos are of the last area I changed, especially since it was easy to walk up to and reach, for the most part. My layout-mounting days are likely over. Photos 2&3 are of that same real-estate as it remained for several years. I called it "The Horse Trader," whatever that was supposed to mean in my imagination. It has become "The Old Homestead," pictured in my imagination to represent places I saw in my youth as we drove through West Virginia from Pennsylvania.

P.S. If I can say one thing about my layout modeling, I don't skimp on the foliage, my reference points being Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and New York, places I have seen, lived, and absorbed, one might say.

[rogruth]

So at least twenty years so far with many major and minor changes.
I am pleased with my small layout and visitors seem to be genuinely
complimentary. IMHO yours is a masterpiece and I assume you are
pleased with it.
We probably both make small changes that most visitors wouldn't
notice but we do them for a reason.
The photos of my layout left the forum with one of the purges.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

At first, and for quite some time afterwards , I went at creating a layout with a huge amount of effort and enthusiasm. Then, once OGR had come to the house to take its photographs for its subsequent publishing of my articles , a suggestion was made that I consider doing layout work for others. Layout Refinements was born and I have had a wonderful time establishing that effort .

All of that seemed to satisfy a long-held memory in me as well as a need to have a layout again since childhood Christmases with my parents.

Now, operating the layout occasionally for guests seems to be all I need from that experience in my basement. Plus, it's satisfying just knowing it's there.

It would be super to see some of your layout photos again, Roger.

[rogruth]

Murph,
My computer skills are not good but I'll see if I can get a few up. Soon. Maybe.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

B&S Shops, Galeton, Pa

[rogruth]

It looks like the first building from the left has the side propped up. ??

Rufus,
Sorry about the above diversion.