Finally!!!! Still have a few places to patch back up, but I can at least run trains. Stay tuned, more to come in November's update.

Got back to work on my mining scene area. Completed one final building for around the mine area. Small freight house to hold the explosives. Also scratch built the headframe storage and access area. 

Research has been slow, I've had some troubles motivating myself, but have been moving forward....

The scope of my original ideas for a layout based on the T-NT area would require more space than I currently have, so I have been trying to pick a few scenes that will give the flavor but not become a life's work.  I think my main focus becomes Main St in Tonawanda, as the NYC crosses both the Erie Canal and the Tonawanda Creek.  Even this may be a bit ambitious, but I am drawing and erasing, and thing I can get some of this to gel. 

Many of you know that my wife had a stroke last December and as her primary caregiver I've been very busy taking care of her since she is affected on her left side and need a lot of help.