Hello again, it's been so very very long since I've been here, things have been rough for me. High school begun, new forms of stress, and personal matters are keeping me far busier than ever before. I even find it hard to set aside time for my art. However, recently, I found myself thinking about new equipment for my O gauge collection. Then, I started thinking about EMD BL-2s. Unfortunately, BL-2s in O gauge tend to be rather...    Ehh....

Now it's time to install the bridge.

Here is my Exactrail 50' girder bridge weathered lightly with AIM Products powders finally glued in place.  I also added more weathering to the abutments.

I'm on vacation until the new year, so what better time to visit my good friend Michael Rose!  I had a great time as usual and did shoot a few short videos of his laser while he did a demo for me.  Here are the videos:

First up, this is the laser engraving the brick pattern in an end wall of his roundhouse.

My local NMRA div held its September meet in Brockville, so of course I had to take the transfer terminal out for one last show & tell before it got bolted permanently to the layout, and then took it down to visit the real building.

Me, in shot from the west end:

Hmmm...some HVAC equipment on the roof would look good....