Very nice re-introduction to your layout and plans. Can't wait for the regular updates. So glad to see you're back from a break!

Roy, not only an excellent layout, but also one of the most professionally produced videos I've seen in a very long time.

Nice update Roy. I have watched your railroad come to life for years with the changes. Always a treat to watch you recreate something wonderful. Hope you are doing good and the best to you always.

Hi Roy, Thank you for sharing your beautiful layout and love for the hobby... well done Roy 👍😎 Darrell

Fantastic railroad Looks absolutely great Absolutely fabulous👍👏👏 Mister Roy

One of the best layouts I’ve seen virtually! Great work and thanks for sharing!

You have constructed a very good representation of the prototypical Union Pacific.

Fun update Roy. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Roy, glad to see that you are well and still building the Evenston Subdivision... I've learned a lot from you over the years and am looking forward to seeing more of your work in future, thanks for sharing, Ken.

Good to see you back Roy.. and enjoying model railroading.

Hi ya Roy. A great introduction to your great layout to new comers and a great retrospective of it for people already sub’d. It’s so wonderful to see you back in your rightful place…..Saturday. Mornings for me. Coffee and Roy is awesome. See ya next time. Looking forward to seeing your “ remodeling.”

Good update Roy, and you were one of the Channels that got me back going in 2014 after a 20 year layoff in the hobby . Keep up the good work.

Nice to see the update. Always good to have that long list of things to still do also, it keeps the mind and interest alive.

So good to see you again! I can’t wait to see see the changes you are making. It was great to see an overall update of your layout. Very inspiring!

Great layout overview Roy. Appreciate your passion for the hobby and insight on N Scale. Keep up the great work!

Roy, well this great news. All of us need a shot of N- Scale Union Pacific Evanston Subdivision in our lives. Exciting times a head. Cheers, Chris Perry.

Great episode Roy! Love to hear how you got into the hobby after such a long hiatus! It was December of 2018, that a suggestion from a co-worker to have a train under the office tree that set me off after almost 33yrs away from the hobby! 😳 This time I stuck to N scale and to my surprise, I was glad of my decision because of MTL and Kato making that scale as good as HO, HO, HO! 😉🎅 👍 Cheers Roy! 🍺🍺

Kato track is Great stuff it looks so real ,,,nice

Hi Roy, Thanks for the layout update video showing the updated track arrangement in Echo Canyon. I'm looking forward to your White Mountain track arrangement update video. Cheers, Rich S.

Roy, haven't seen you lately but glad you are back. Thanks for sharing 😀

Thank you Roy. Nice to see some content from you. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving.

Layout continues to look Amazing Roy! Thanks for sharing what its looking like. -Cameron

It has been a year or so since gettting to watch your videos. Was hoping to see new updates on your layout. I hope all is well with you Roy. You resparked my interest and love for model trains back when you began your layout. Take Care and keep on Railing.

Very nice, Roy. Thanks for showing us !

Roy, thanks for sharing your layout.

Hi Roy I hope everything is well with you and your lovely wife and yes a model railroad is never really finished you always will find something to do on it anxious to find out what you're up to with that new track arrangement so until the next video stay well and happy railroading 👍👍

Great looking layout Roy! You've done a remarkable job on it over the years! - Jason

Roy, you have indeed captured the real feel of this subdivision! You're quite the model artist! And like the real-world subdivision, your N scale version keeps busy with train manifests running down its tracks - a sure sign that a national rail strike has been averted for now. Enjoy the layout, my friend. I certainly do everytime you showcase it here on KZfaq. -from Tom Pilling

The layout's looking great Roy! Good to see ya, hope you are well my firend!

Thanks for the update, hope you are well? Looking forward to seeing the future changes to the layout and how it will impact your running sessions.

I am building my own UP layout in a 12 by 12 room I have at home and I am using your prototype as my prototype. Its exactly what I want to create, and for the same reasons you have. Thanks for this video and I look forward to future productions!

Great video Roy. Good to see you back. Hope all is well. Thanks for sharing and stay safe. Ken

As always and excellent video. Hope all is well and I looked forward to new adventures in model railroading.

Very nice model railroad it looks so real,, You work so hard on it, The scenery the,,, The locomotives are just awesome,,, Oh yeah we're Still waiting for that big boy I heard $500 so🫡

Great video Roy! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video, Roy, love the new Echo Canyon and can't wait to see it finished!

Very nice looking layout

Thank you for the update

Great video Roy. You are the first channel I started following when I got into model railroading. I have always been impressed by your carving of white styrofoam. It’s messy and not always easy but your mountains look really good. Look forward to seeing your next next project on the layout. Cheers!

Hi Roy glad to see you. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and layout with all of us modelers . Thanks for sharing. Have a good day.

Glad to see another video from you, Roy. Hopefully it means your health has improved. Very good overview of your layout. Including my favorite scene in Echo Canyon.

It is always good both for builders and watchers to get a really good update on what has been done so far. I have everything I need to achieve this but never had the courage to actually do it. Wish I had done but always too busy actually get it done as I find photography not to my liking. You have done an excellent job Roy. Best wishes, Bob

Thank You Roy, you and Justin Case have been missed. ;)

One wild layout for sure. I wish I had the space for even half that size. I've always liked the way you explain things. You never make a dull video.

Getting inspired by a scene is the best part! Awesome intro to your layout Roy!

Good to see you, Roy! Really like your layout plan and the scenic route that you display. Good day to you!

Hi Roy! It's so good to see you again. I have seriously missed your videos. Take care, and, to quote Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Keep on Chooglin".

Good to see you back Roy!

Nice overview Roy

It's good to see you making videos again, Roy. Thanks for the tour and backstory. Good to see you, David.

Roy glad to see you again, I've missed seeing your videos. Layout looks great!

Nice to see you again.Enjoyed the layout tour!

I love your videos!! I just started into the hobby myself. All of your information, reviews and demonstrations are great! Thanks for the content!!

Roy, enjoyable layout, thanks 😊 👍!

Great summary! Thanks Roy.

Great video Roy. Great points.

Always enjoy seeing your layout Roy 👍🏼👍🏼 love the back stories and your great scenery. I hear you about making the layouts bullet proof. I’m not fond of getting down and crawling as well 😂

Great review on your beautiful layout. Thanks for sharing. Dave

Hi great video very interesting thanks a lot from UK

This layout just keeps getting better, Great stuff!!

amazing really. very pictorial very nice scaling.

Awesome video Roy.

Super video Mr. Smith...possibly your best one yet!

Great overview of your layout Roy! Regards

Yay a new video!

Hi Roy good to see you back. Hope your feeling well. Your miss

Nice video Roy!

I’m kind of the opposite of you, I grew up in Arizona, but I have always been fascinated by the railroads of the northeast, especially the PRR

Great video Roy with the changes & modifications to the layout. I have been running my Amtrak train on my layout. I will be operating my freight trains in a few day. I will be putting a train under the tree again this year as Christmas is approaching. I have some new Kato track I will be buying as I will be adding more feeder track & wire and expanding and will in the coming year be plannting to build my second level and staging yard. All of my track will be all Kato unitrack.

Bravo sir! Awesome layout....newb here...just subscribed. Like your style and content. I am on the verge of returning to the hobby myself. You're an inspiration!

Hey Roy Model Railroading Rocks Love Talking to Different People No Matter who they are or What Scale they Model God Blessed Model Railroading.

Hey Roy... i really enjoyed your narration and your thoughts... I started my layout about the same time as you... I just have one kid, a 28yr old daughter that lives in Ft. Lauderdale... I too have alot of work to do on my layout... it keeps us busy... stay healthy and Happy Holidays.... 🤗 DD

Even as a long time subscriber, I learned a few things about your layout today. You should be proud, not only of the layout, but of the videos you create. Any one can point and shoot, but weaving a narrative and make a cohesive, coherent video is difficult. Well done Roy! [5:25 I think there might be a small bump in the track work in the approach to the bridge. The engine and some of the rolling stock hops there. Perhaps a bit of judicious file work can smooth it out. Just something my eye caught, and nothing to get too fussed over.]

I see North Plate under the bench lol

Hi Roy, long time since I have watched your videos. Great to be back and see an old friend. Your looking well. Do you have any plans for Crown Oil? My Favorite part of layout.

Welcome back Roy, Your looking great. And you have been missed. I keep you and your wife in my prayers. Hope you have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS 🌲 and a RAILY HAPPY NEW YEAR🚂. Briefly for myself & the family all are healthy and ?Happy?. Number 1 Grandson was promoted to GUNNERY SARGEANT in the MARINES. Semper Fi. At a Halloween party I met a lovely lady from my distant youth. Her name is Colleen. Though I still painfully miss my gorgeous wife, I hope she won't mind my finding someone new. After the first of the year we will travel the updated Orient Express from Istanbul to Paris. (A stop over at Disneyland Paris to ride Le'Disney Express) Then the Chunnel train to London. Finally take the ferry to Ireland. As for the NVR/WAS Railroad, the kids (& grandkids) have successfully burst through the adjoining wall so the train room has slightly more than doubled in size. From 30'D x 28'L to 30'D x 64'L. There remains A LOT of destruction clean up to be dealt with in 2023. Followed by the extension rebuild. To edify the family and friends, this Christmas' Holiday Layout will be a few loops and dog bones in the teens' soon to be game room, climb the MOST DIFFICULT Helix I ever designed and built in 30 years, to a sofett layout in the adults bar room& back. Just finished it Friday. When we get back to N.Y., after St. Patrick's Day🍀, the Gandy Dancers will get back to work on the line that was NEVER/WAS. Truly love seeing and hearing from you. Jim in N.Y.

Awesome video Roy, always love watching these videos when they come out. Really is something nice to look forward to in the morning. I did have one question, will you try to get UP 3985 for your layout? Since she is finally going to be restored to operating condition after 14 years of her being inactive? If or when they release her for n scale?

Great summary of your layout. Speaking of Kato, have you been to their showroom in Tokyo?

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Excellent - Welcome back, Roy. Are your eyes much better now? Your propane industry, the loading section, is that a kit or scratch-built? Thank You

Roy, Great to see you back posting your layout videos. You might want to take a look at WiFiTrax available at Iron Planet Hobbies. It provides a WiFi ability with your NCE system and you will be able to use an iPhone as a controller. I have one on my layout. Merry Christmas 🎄……John

i like your layout. i have had some kato uni track but mosynof my steam locos ferail on the poimts/switches have you got any idears why as i s[ent a lot of moneu pn it and van not udr it?

Super video Roy. My Kato FEF-3 (844) derails all the time. Any guidance would be appreciated. Also I'm thinking of moving from Canada to Costa Rica, any advice, concerning model railroading? Cheers.

What is the tightest curve radius you have, in metric units?

On my N-Scale layout, I have a reversing loop of which loops around through a mine and back out again. At the beginning of this loop I have a right hand switch. The entrance to this loop from the mainline enters from the fixed end. Here is the problem. If I decide to take the right spur to go around the mine then there is no problem. All my engines do just fine with no problems. If I take the left-hand (straight ahead), portion of the switch to go to the mine and if I am running an engine of which has three-axled trucks (such as an EMD), on it there are no problems either. - But. - If I am running my two axle trucked GP-40 then going right (onto the spur), is no problem either. But, if I decide to take the left-hand (straight ahead), and go left into the mine then it immediately jumps the track and derails as it goes over the frog split (the plastic “X” part of the switch). Of all the switches upon my layout, this is the only switch I seem to have trouble with, and only with that GP-40. Short of replacing the whole switch, does anybody know why this happens and why only on that one particular locomotive engine. Or can they even give me a clue as to why this happens and how to cure it? - Just asking.

Roy, how is the N scale in Panama? Are there any local hobby stores or do you have everything by mail?

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Plus the Kato track is tons lot easier and faster That's flex😵‍💫🥸 track is a pain in the,,,,,,🥳