NTS&B Name Changed to North Pole, Tinseltown, Sabastian, and Bigville

I am getting ready to paint and letter some cars, and decided that if I was going to change the name of my railroad, I needed to do it now.  The name was North Pole, Tinseltown South, and Bigville (or NTS&B).   

I wanted to include my 12 year old grandson Sabastian in the layout name, and had a small town that needed to be named, so I decided to name it after him.  He was born a couple years after I already named the layout, which is why it didn't originally include him.  So, now the new railroad name is North Pole, Tinseltown, Sabastian, and Bigville (or still NTS&B)   I have buildings, tunnel portals, and a bridge already with the initials, so none of that had to be changed.

Here is the new billboard leading into the town.  I used an HO street light to illuminate it.

NTS&B 2020 11th Piedmont Pilgrimage

Update-In December 2020, after this video was made, I renamed the layout to North Pole, Tinseltown, Sabastian, and Bigville.

Due to the COVID19 Pandemic, there were no live National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) Piedmont Pilgrimage tours this year. The NMRA decided to do virtual layout tours for interested participants, to keep the event alive.  Since I had already done 10 of the tours, I decided to continue my trend and do the virtual tour, which also serves as a nice way to document the layout .  Here is the youtube video. I hope you enjoy it.

NTS&B Shelves On End Wall

 Again, I find myself low on shelf space.  I built these 4 foot tall by 8 feet wide shelves on the end wall with the idea of finally getting everything out of the train closet.  

NTS&B Kathy's and Jennifer's Billboards Finally Installed

I finally got time and energy to finish the billboards.  I modified some medal spotlights I purchased years ago at the York train show.  I replaced the light bulbs with LEDS, and installed them to light up the new billboards.  Here are some pictures of the results.

Kathy was from Long Island, and liked New York Central, which allowed me to buy that line without getting into too much trouble.  I thought it was only fitting to take her picture with a NYC F3.

When Jennifer was little, I bought her an HO Santa Fe set.  She loved it because it was "Santa's Train".  Here is the O-Gauge version with her billboard.

NTS&B Dedication To Jennifer

On January 18th, 2020, my poor sweet daughter Jennifer passed away.  It's been really tough for me to handle.  Over the years, she has contributed many scenery items to the layout.  Sometimes, I think she just wanted to give me a challenge for how to fit them in, since most weren't train related.  Because of this, I wanted to do something on the layout in her honor.  I decided to make a billboard for her similar to the one I made for Kathryn.  Here is the result.