After a 8-year hiatus I am back into the hobby of Model Railroading. I just got done cleaning out my side of the garage when my eight-year old kindly asked if I could set up the railroad. It's my first layout -- roughly a double loop on a 4x8 sheet of plywood. The legs had long since been removed and the wiring was in a shambles. But lo and behold I was able to get trains running by the end of the day! (He was quite excited). Now I feel myself being pulled (and hopefully pulling my son along with me) back into the fun of model railroading. 

I found a nice Proto 2000 50' Automobile Box car which I set about building. Here's a slideshow of this model next to a nice mill that I had previously constructed.