OK, I post here in reference to model railroading of mostly the indoor kind.  I am active in O scale and ON30 indoor model railroading.  I also have a 40x50 digital wood shop that includes a CNC router, a laser cutter, a 3D printer, and other goodies.  However the topic of this blog entry is to give some data to my other model railroad adventure which is out door 7 1/2 inch gauge 1 1/2 inch scale outdoor railroading.

OK my other model railroad is the live steam park, Train Mountain.  So we got a new toy to use for our LAYOUT MAINTENANCE.  Its called a Brush Blazer, what a beast!  A quickie test today, we cleared about an acre in less than an hour!  Russ

http://trainmtn.org/tmrr/index.shtml

The beast:

Before:

My buddy and I are building a 20x40 ON30 layout.  It is a triple deck around the walls kinda layout.  We only work on it during the winter time as the rest of the time we are actively involved with 7 1/2 inch gauge out door railroading (live steam).  So here is the track plan, some pix, and a link to our layout website.  Comments are always welcome (good or bad).  Thanks.

I downloaded a pix from a website of a really cool O scale assortment of woodworking tools.  What I didn't do is to also save the link to where I found this assortment.  If any of you recognize this item please let me know, I really would like to order it.  Thanks in advance for any help.  Russ