Hi Erick, for the moment I'm not on O scale US, just building scale 1/32 industrial german stuff and I'm not sure that could be posted here because that's not US and 1/48
must see with moderators !
We participated at an exhibition near paris last November with our O scale US layout
here's some pics
You could see all the variants that we made with AHM/Rivarossi 0-8-0 they have been all equipped with DCC sound Protocraft QSI decoders also new stuff like the GE 44 from Rich yoder (gears motors have been changed and DCC/sound equipped) a new Cow and calf from 2 SW9 atlas gold line for MRS and also 2 Lima Hamilton transfers have been added and transformed in 2 rail, also the crane for scrap yard coming from MTH, I ad details and changed interior cables etc...
I love US stuff easy to transform and to have something more realistic. European trains in O scale are over my budget & since 20 years i fall in love with US. With this particpation we won the first place in the layout contest, it's the first time in France that a US layout succeed (mentality change over years)
My dream is to bring tis layout in US for a show but the problems is the cost of transport
bringing it to Chicago or Indianapolis would be great but cost 10000$ via plane in a container and it' s too much for only two days