Visit to Jim Younkin's N scale Mud Bay and Southern 

Last updated March 26, 2006


Copyright, John Sing and Jim Younkins, 2006.  All rights reserved.

Hello!   Jim's N scale layout, which has been featured in N Scale Railroading in the Jan/Feb and Mar/April 2005 issues, (and also N Scale Magazine), is a real gem. 

Thanks to Bryan Borovec ( 'Wazzou' of the Trainboard Forum ) for arranging a layout visit to Jim Younkins and his delightful N scale Mud Bay and Southern layout.    Jim is really talented - here's a few shots from that memorable visit in March of 2006.    All photos published with the express permission of the layout owner. 

I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoyed visiting.
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A Visitor's view of the N scale Mud Bay and Southern


Although most of the N scale Mud Bay and Southern layout is single deck, there is a double deck in the area of the town of Rochester above, and Grand Mound below:




Below, is the Mud Bay car barge in the Perry Creek area.  Jim models a freelance/protolanced freight and logging railroad set in the Olympia, Washington area:



Below is the spectacular McLane Creek Trestle.  Great backdrop, eh?:




Below are the Bordeaux Yard engine facilities.  All the locos were painted/decaled/decoderized by Jim:




Below, a Mud Bay and Southern FM H12-44 is switching in Bordeaux Yard.  Jim has remotored them with
Lifelike SW1200 motors and they run super slow and smooth on this DCC layout:




Here's an overview of the Cedar Creek area;  the first photo in this layout tour (of double-deck Rochester above Grand Mound) is just
off the left edge of this photo:



A closer look at the Cedar Creek Bridges:




And finally, a trial run by a visiting Santa Fe Trainmaster, testing her ability to haul lumber and logs:



Jim and Wazzou, *Thank You*,  so much again.
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John Sing
San Mateo, California, USA

Modeling the Santa Fe's Peavine Line (Ash Fork -> Phoenix, Arizona)
in the 1950s and 60s - in N scale

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