Time for another one-shot photo story on the Thunder Mesa website.

Backdrop and smoke effects added in Photoshop, all else as modeled.

I have been working on wiring on the Coal and Steel RR main line, Prr staging branch, more on the interchange yard and working on sins for operators.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks2q84B9HWE

In which I explore questions of car forwarding, train dispatching, and so on.

My o gauge layout is built for operation. Jon has attended an ops before and my mom has not. Jon and me were the train crew and mom was dispatcher. we were using track warrant, switch list and block control.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bBzEvdih000

​ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=whVkSkQI6yY

​https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KsEIVgd2QbA

A little background... I am modeling the Los Angeles Junction Railway in HO, circa 1985.   From the BNSF web site:

http://youtu.be/r05gjLfDX2E

​updated version of 3doodler here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1351910088/3doodler-20-the-worlds-first-3d-printing-pen-reinv

While I considered putting this in for a Reverse Running submission, I figured it wouldn't be accepted and eagerly await it being marked as spam, but I just have to say this, while partially tongue-in-cheek, there is an underlying truth here.  

In my introductory post, http://http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/20963 I talked about my satisfaction with using steel stud material for benchwork, mentioning the favorable characteristics of strength, stability, light weight, ease of use, and economy.  I first learned of using steel studs from and article by Jonathan Miner in April 2000 Model Railroader Magazine.   Materials are easily obtained at most home and building centers.  Follow along as I describe this technique.

This post is a about some recently discovered / published RGS film footage.

The first is a short but interesting clip featuring Goose #3 in 1935, plowing snow and later pulling into a crowded Dolores depot.  The Goose was nearly new, and in its original dark paint scheme.  Chris Weiser discovered this clip, and the Ridgway RR Museum noted it, in their Jan 2015 newsletter.