Sn3 Narrow Gauge Layout Tour and Construction Progress: February 2021

Overview of construction progress on my narrow gauge Sn3 layout. Over the past year, we've done a great deal of scenery, built many new structures and made trackwork enhancements. Brand new Canon XA50 video camera system and upgrade to Adobe Premiere Pro. Since I modeled the Santa Fe Plains Division in HO scale for nearly 40 years, I never built mountains, bridges and tunnels before! All I needed for flat land scenery was a belt sander! And... both trees in the Texas Panhandle had serial numbers! Without the expert help of some top-notch Narrow Gauge modelers (see the rolling credits at the end) I would NEVER had made it! A man who has such helpful friends is blessed indeed.
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[@MajorSwivet]

Wow! Impressive!

[@Radiotexas]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@thatcaitgirl]

Looking good!

[@W4AX]

Awesome layout and video. Thanks for the moving trains!!!

[@marclachey8756]

Jay, the layout has come a long way in the past year. Looks good!

[@MrCTBK27]

Looking great Jay.

[@wklinger79]

Well done Jay. As usual.

[@WaynesGarageTexas]

Very nice! Excellent detail - and the photography - well, it almost looks professional! ;-)

[@modelrailwaybackshop]

When will we see more of this model railroad?

[@Radiotexas]

I've been building lots of new structures. Hopefully an update this fall! Thanks!

[@pnwRC.]

Z, N, O, HO, & G scale layouts I'm familiar with. Where does Sn3 fall between those scales?

[@Radiotexas]

HO scale is 1/8" to the foot. S scale is 3/16" to the foot. O scale is 1/4" to the foot. The "n" means narrow gauge. In the United States (and many other countries) "standard GAUGE" is 4' 8 1/2". NARROW GAUGE is 3' 0". So my SCALE is 'S' but narrow gauge. Eight feet is eight feet whether it is narrow GAUGE or Standard GAUGE. Thanks for watching!

[@pnwRC.]

@@Radiotexas Thank-you sir!