I started a bit of dismantling of the trackwork in staging on Siskiyou Line one in late April and early May -- and then life circumstances intervened. I’ve had to put all layout activity on hold for the next several months.

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So last night we had our first Friday night Ops Session. We had six of the group show up for a few hours of giving the layout a good solid workout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKKrWr_pu9k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAXlZbXbaRI

I'm starting a little thread here, let's see how it goes... Give us a "Don't do it, EVER!" tip, and follow it with "Ask Me How I Know" (it doesn't have to be something you did, but even something you've seen happen, that should fall into the "just don't do it" catagory)

I'll start:

A new blog post - with a ton of pictures on my techniques for ground cover and static grass, especially in mountain areas, and some additional photo backdrops.  Enjoy!

http://rgsrr.blogspot.com/2017/07/june-progress-static-grass-scenery.html

Thanks for the suggestions on the previous blog on configuring three 16 mm diameter tablet speakers. I am applying some of those suggestions in this blog piece. The focus is installing three 13mm X 18mm X 13mm and one 11mm X 15mm x 12mm speakers each in two Athearn RTR diesels using recently unemployed Tsunami GN1000 decoders.

My June Layout update us up on my YouTube channel. In this one I show how I weather freight car trucks.

https://youtu.be/X2qL-qBMBqE

Thanks!

Tim