I have been toying with this idea of a blog of my model railroad hobby for a while now and with the start of the new year, here I go.  This is the second iteration of the Chicago Yellowstone and Pacific began about 2002.  It is far from any real completeness.  The nickname, Yellowstone Road, springs from a local newspaper article that described an early 20th century system of roads strung together as an automobile route from the East coast to the Northwest through the Northern states, the Yellowstone Trail.  My town is on that route, hence the article.  I thought, &

  Well here we are in 2015 and I STILL haven't gotten the Coldstor module rebuilt, my supertrees finished, or a whole host of other projects completed.  I am not a fan of making resolutions, because life just throws too many curves at you.  My focus for the month will be to get my curved passing track module set "presentable" for the Great Train Expo on Jan. 24th.  The biggest challenge will be getting the siding I want to add built and installed AND still be able to get some basic scenery over the whole thing.