So I've been wondering why my layout has been smelling a little gamey the last day or so and noticed it was in the vicinity of some of the track I recently ballasted.  I'd been suspicious that is was something in the ballast I recently put down by my transload facility but coudln't put my finger on what could be causing it. 

Hello All, Our 5th week of work and we ave about a 3rd of the layout up. Last week we built a 3 turn helix using spline roadbed. It looks GREAT and the trains move up and down perfectly. This week we are going to put electrical drops in and continue laying track.

I've just finished loading all of my photos into the program and my inventory is now complete. Wow, things sure do add up quickly. I want to thank Bob for sharing this program. Once I got past the initial learning curve the program was easy to use. Virtually all problems I encountered were user driven and not program driven. I had hoped to complete my inventory in about a week. Instead it took about a month.

February 17th, 2011 we will be moving into our new location in Bloomington, Mn.

The new headquarters will have a crew lounge for watching DVD's & videos, workshop area for individuals to work on their projects, car and locomotive maintainence bench, and 25x17 layout room with air conditioning and heat :))  lighting in the ceiling and the walls have already been painted. The floor has been painted a medium gray too.  

First things First;