Well summer is coming to an end, nights are dark by 8pm and it is time to get those 85 ton steeple cabs completed. The pantographs are now in after 5 months of waiting. I have put more details on and got one coat of paint on. As you can see, the mechanics have their work cut out for them trying to figure out a pedestal configuration for the pantograph.

I managed to get started earlier than expected on the railroad.  It was a small start, but felt great to begin.  I will be journalling the progress here over the coming months.  Today's accomplishments:

- Swapped furniture and rug around to establish boundary between guest bedroom end of room and railroad end of room.  What I could do with a whole room... but 1/2 a room is better than none.  Then cleared everything out of the railroad end to be ready to start.

Today my styrene arrived on my front porch from Piedmont Plastics.  I'm planning on using Charlie Comstock's method of coving the corners of my layout room using styrene.  I am now the proud owner of two sheets of 2' x 8' x .060 white.  I have about 5 feet above my my layout benchwork and I want to cove it all of the way to the ceiling.  More later!