MY layout

ive been working on this layout one of my first for littel while now its based on the western PA area and fake town and region i made and with norfolk southern being the railroad its a bit of a mess but once i get time this summer i plan on doing alot more for it. I made a few mistakes starting out one was i never had a track plan rly to begin with it kinda just went with the flow when laying the track witch caused a few problems i worked around that.

Just like to post some pics and open for any comments on my layout.


Amtrack Shares trackage right on my route and as you can see stoping at local station

a conrail sd40-2 on siding out side of town

arial view of the town note: this is older part of layout and still underconstruction

NS pride on the wall…lol

SD 70 mac pulling a short general merchandise on mainline note: this is a photo of the newer part im working on also

That’s a nice looking layout. I like the coal mine. I have a couple quick questions for ya, what is the minimum radius, and what company makes those amtrak passenger cars? I have an 18" radius and want to be able to run modern Amtrak trains but I can’t find any cars that will take 18" curves.

some of it i forget is 24" most of it is and some of the siding is 18" i had to upgrade my radiuse awhile ago due to the sd70 wouldnt take 18, and i got the amtrak cars at a train show atheran make em http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH7902 they handel tight curves rather well but the trucks have a tendensy to jump the track, easy fix is to get a deeper wheels. and i got the engines on ebay i have a powerd and dummy one

PS. looking for contructive critcism or so suggestions on my layout