The winter weather has settled in up here on Schist Lake. Our lake has 10 inches of ice and enough snow to take the snowmobile out for a ride. Since I don't own a snowmobile, I have been out snow shoeing for exercise. When not in front of the tv or computer, I am up in the layout room working away.

I have been doing the yearly maintenance required to run the layout without too many issues. Several locomotives and cars have all been cleaned, greased and oiled as required.

As soon as I heard Bill Brillinger was selling his little shelves he had in his blog, I jumped on the opportunity to pick up a few.  I ordered them last week and received them yesterday.  While I was watching the Oilers play terribly, come back strong and then lose in overtime, I put two of them together.

This is what I had when I first opened the package:

After leaving the Upper Yard area we come across the area that is called beaver creek corner.  This area is next on the construction schedule.  It will include the turnout at the end of the Arrival/Departure track to get on the main line, some signals, and of course a bridge over Beaver Creek. 

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I’ve been stuck for a few weeks trying to decide how to break a log jam. The benchwork sections have been resting idle, loosely bolted together and leaning against the wall but not fastened to it. I have a new crop of students who have been happily learning the basics of car movement, coupling, inertia, switch operations, etc. on the Inglenook, but a few of them have begun to paw the ground, eager to get going on the big layout.