Getting ready to leave Sunday for a tour of tourist railroads in the Northeast. Road Scholar (formerly ElderHostel) is starting in Hartford and is providing arrangements for transportation; accommodations; and a week long rail event. We'll be returning in late July after combining a mini vacation with the tour. Pictures to be posted later.

BTW, I'm "mapping out" a sequence of photos and written dialog for the train detection article to be finished by the beginning of August. We'll keep you posted. 

Have a great and safe summer!

Is bigger always better? Or is less more? Should you go big or go home? 

When it comes to our hobbies, how much is too much? Join me as I discuss this pressing question here: http://joshuadewolfe.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/downsize-your-hobby-the-case-for-the-small-and-micro/

In this part I've started the roofing on the work shop portion of the engine shed and put together the stove pipe for the shop.

I used corrugated metal for the roof material, from Northwestern scale lumber. I first cut it into scale 4' x 8' sheets. The easiest way I found to do this was to score it with my hobby knife and then with a metal ruler held along the score bend the metal back and forth a few times until it breaks along the score. I used CY glue to attach the roofing material as tacky glue would not stick to the smooth metal surface very well.