After eight months on my newbie layout a feeling of achievement in finally completing one small section.  The pictures below show my sawmill on a spur track. The building has lights, the water wheel turns and the saw blade in the mill operates.  The ridge on the left needs a few more trees but the mill and siding are complete.  Yeeha

Well, "Great" may be overstating it just a touch, but it is what it is.  As those that have been following my pitiful blog over the last few weeks know, I have decided to switch from N scale to HO scale for two main reasons:  I've been collecting as much or more HO stuff (that mostly isn't available in N) which has created a divide in my hobby allowance forcing me to put off doing stuff on my N scale layout.  I felt more I needed to pick one and go with it, and the availability of stuff I want in HO wins hands down.