Really interesting program takes you through a teardown of a Geep 9 and rebuilding it as a Genset.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=_ACjJnrn1lc

Here are a few photos of some of my favorite layouts I had the pleasure of touring at the 32nd National Narrow Gauge Convention this past week in Seattle. This should help wet your appetite for more that I'm sure will come from Joe and Les once they get the opportunity to post them. Great convention and wonderful folks! Enjoy!

The first four are of Dave Woodrell's RGS Northern District.

An updated section on the recently reworked Raven Pulp & Paper mill is now my website: http://wnrr.net

The latest addition to the business district along Remien Drive is Lee Beverage Distributors. This business is not served by rail. It was constructed from a DPM modular kit. The "Lee Beverage Distributor" signs were decals from a Walthers kit, and the soft drink signs that adorn each side of the building are artwork printed out on my printer on regular paper and then using very fine sandpaper, were sanded to cigarete paper thickness. Then using full strength white glue, were pasted onto the building.

With the expansion of the railroad to occupy the whole room my layout is in, several things needed re-arranging. One of which was the Raven Pulp and Paper Mill. (More on that coming soon) The corner that was once staging under the old paper mill site was now an empty corner, so I decided to ad another industry as long as I was going to be replacing scenery.

Just a quick note to say both the MRH website and magazine perform flawlessly on the Samsung Galaxy tablet. I've had mine for just over two weeks now and haven't had a single issue with it. Not sure if anyone else had done any testing with this particular brand of tablet, but I would highly recommend the Galaxy to anyone who is looking into an Android based tablet.

May each of you be blessed with a wonderful holiday season, and good health to enjoy our great hobby in the coming year.

Here's a few shots of some of my latest weathering projects....a couple of Greenville 100 ton hoppers.

I had the opportunity to take a very fun and interesting mountain bike ride this past weekend on the old Iron Horse State Park Trail here in Washington state. It's the old Milwuakee Road right-of-way over the Cascades at Snoqualmie Pass. Included in this portion of the trail is the 2.3 mile long Snoqualmie Tunnel built between 1912 and 1914. It's a eerie feeling riding through. Pitch black and very cool, even on this 77 degree day.