thank you all your ideas have helped me greatly. i think ill go with a little more rural setting with a small town with a few shops and homes. Along with a station siding and water tower. on the other side i will have a platform, coal tower, water tower,  single bay loco shed and two sidings. i will also have a small paesture. if i could find out how to post pics i would 
Thanks again
Tom

Thanks

Ill check it out
Tom

Sam thats ok
Tom

Roy

I like the NKP too what a fine road
The IHC 2-6-0's are great locos 

TOM

yea I have a few tips
1. what ever you use for water paint the base a black to very dark green not blue (Yes no blue )
2. make sure your base is water tight (YOU DONT want resin or expocy or what ever you use were you dont want water, Duh )
3. there are many ways to model water and i ONLY have tried TWO of them so get more replys than just mine!!! 

I have more tips if you need then by the way.

Tom

yes Barry a farm and a small rulal town are becoming the first plan.

Tom

Jim
I agree competly even thought i am not a ICRR modeler but i would have if there where any aforidable IC locos around when i sold off all my santa fe locos.  Sence there were not i built my 1920's B&O layout. Now that i have invested a large amount of money in B&O steam i will more than likely not start an ICRR layout. i have no regets about modeling the B&O in the 1920's for i had relitives that worked for the B&O and the PRR during the 1920's and 1930's. Anyway i would have liked to have modeled a road name with a little less infunece by the USRA. Not to say i don't like the great eastern railroad congalmerates. (i do remember i Model the B&O i also like mopac or anything that has to do with trains for that part  ). i wish that other have the chance to model the ICRR.
contiune this tread JIM.

Good luck
Tom     

Hi
I went to my local hobbystore this weekend and on the new arrival shelf was a product called "Magic Water" i have not heard of this before. I usally use epoxey or risin for my water. Thought the last time i did water was 4 years ago give or take. any coments on this product would be great. 

Tom

Thanks, keep thinking, i have come up with a few of my own ideas....

a contractors yard (a place for me to keep all my detailed parts i have not found better uses for yet.)

a cement foundery

a speak easy (of corse these where part baltimore)

a few other buildings

roads(thats a given)

thanks
Tom

Ps how do i up load pictures


   

who would want that over a us heavy mike. no offence

thanks Gene you have been most helpful like always. These coments are helping

Tom

I also solder mine i belive as the layout ages the solder helps the continuty
of eletric supply more than the joints

Tom

wade
ok those are all good ideas but i have a fairly large saw and milling company that is on that part of the layout i plan to keep
keep thinkin and help me out

Tom

yes the factory could be a possabality but yet so could a rural seting with a simple feight platform

Tom

Lanny
      Having fun is HUGE part a this hobby and i think i don't need to tell you that.  i did look at your work on your 2-8-0 spec icrr looks great i did love to see the finished product. i would also like to say icrr steam is not what i model. That would be the B&O. Great work

Tom