Well, very little progress has been made since last writing. I have some health issues that are preventing me from sitting at the computer for any period of time, but they are improving and I plan to make a day of designing tomorrow to try and finish the track plan and get it up here sometime early next week for comments here.

Many of you that have been following my posts know that I went into "limbo" with my layout when we put our house up for sale.  I stopped all construction as it didn't make sense to me to work on a railroad that I would have to tear down IF our house sold.

This Model RR is the work of Jim Lofland and is in it 35 year, addition is 10 years old.  Two parts to this master piece.  Pay close attention to structures and how he has made the work for his space on the layout. 

Hope you enjoy this GREAT MODEL RR.

Some progress at the NW 100th/Douglas Avenue crossing on my Iowa Interstate Grimes Industrial Track layout.

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

This is my attempt to Scratch build a Colorado & Southern butterfly snowplow.

Hi every one...I am struggling at making trees. Joe makes the pine tree scenery look so good, us plain old folks trying to model eastern railroads don't have a chance. So here is the issue... how do we make realistic eastern type forests of trees? I have never been a real fan of the puff ball. Model Railroader used them on their Virginian project railroad and it doesn't have the realism I am looking for (see - Joe has spoiled it for the rest of us).

So let us suppose one had the option to go through door number one or door number two...

Door number one is a rather fun package.  I'd be opting for the 6200 package, though, seeing as how it has the 2000 series mill instead.  This package would allow me to do fun things like convert the Bachmann 2-10-4 frame into a 2-8-4 frame, or tool up new driver beds for my Bowser Challenger[s].  But after these projects, then what?

Just posted some new free kits at our website. An 85' brick chimney  and a section of steel and concrete pier in HO & O

Hope you find them useful and enjoyable. Lots of other new stuff too.

www.clevermodels.net

Thom

Hi All,

Well today I started back on the JL&T and the first of several small jobs to be completed was a quick tidy up, and the installation of a backing board for the work station & maintenance area.