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Got the benchwork in for Montgomery Furnace. Shifting my track plans on the fly has caught up with me and most of my remaining Code 83 switches are left hand. I do have one right, and two wyes, so I can muddle through Montgomery Furnace, I may be using some surplus code 100 switches...

Strictly forbidden by postal regulations. And those HO jugs don't go to far!

If you listen to the other songs on that album , there are several train related songs on that. The Dead started playing in bars in 1968 but did not have a recording contract for a long time because they insisted on having complete artistic control...

There has been a still on my layout for 38 years or more . It’s one of those woodlands scenics white Metal kits. I had it in my old Gizzard , in the middle of one of the loops , but very well hidden. I’m thinking Dr Tom had operated on my mountain for something like 12 years before he...

Was busy with family obligations most all the day, and then had to take a nap. When it was time to go to bed; I went up to the RR room. Started refreshing the paint on the recycled rock faces, that had faded some, as well as had some chips and cracks from storage, or the violence needed to...

Working on the base for the shorter pier; it’s masonry this time. The foam makes it easy to get a perfect fit against the uneven cliff. Fitting the 1/8 inch foam top. Adding some of my foam rock strips made from meat trays, most of the indentions between the stones are made by...

One of my favorite bands ever is Goose Creek Symphony , a raucous hillbilly country rock band. They claim “ Moonshine’s not as clear as water guess that’s why it why it makes you High. The old setting of the Cave Cove Bridge had the shorter group of pilings on a cribbed log base. I’m trying...

Through shaving one rock face with a knife, and belt sanding the other; I got the bridge to fit properly, One of the rock faces cracked in multiple places, but these are so old they date back to when Tom and I could get fabudrape. The plaster bonded to the fabric , and that left me with a...

Water doesn’t scale well. Pour water in a clear glass, and look at it carefully where it touches the glass it curves up some. This effect is called surface tension. If you look at a real steam, it is pretty much invisible, but in an HO stream, the effect would be 82 times larger. Then...

Cut some Masonite, and painted it Sherman Williams Brisk Day; the color I have used in my RR room, and also as a first coat on my backdrops. The backdrop goes from the water level to the staging tracks I cut up some pieces of my old mountain. I had taken to the club. The club moved...

Cool to see the progress. My HOn3 State Line RR gets much of it’s inspiration from the Tweetsie. Glad to see what you have done with the hopper car, Mack got the other one; it looked real big next to my Americans. Got a deal on 5 Russian River On3 30 foot freight car kits for about $45.00...

Asymmetrical benchwork, such a joy! Tricky benchwork, getting the track height, and the water height under the bridge right The detail on the bridge will be largely missed due to it being at knee level. I will probably add some more detail to it anyway. Am going to keep the...

Am cutting some lumber, and working on the lowest level benchwork; am re thinking the position of the iron works and the log camp, as the buildings are to fat to fit As shown in the recently posted track plan. I’m going to proceed with the sub roadbed for the main line, and do the rest later...

These are gear reduction motors I got from Eldon; at Microlocomotion.com. Sadly Eldon has passed away. He found surplus motors of various types. I realized I did not have a finished picture of the little 2-6-0

Got a piece of benchwork cobbled together for the end of the central peninsula. It is smaller than the whole area, will need to add pieces to fit around the all thread. The plan as drawn won’t fit, as the buildings are too wide for that narrow area. I’ll have to flip the orientation, so...

The main thing I’m thinking of is there needs to be another siding at the log camp. It has a siding for empties, and a siding for the loader, needs a siding for camp supplies. When air designed the new RR I was thinking bigger trains. Now I’m thinking the same size trains might be a...

Am about to start cutting cookie cutter roadbed for the lowest level. Been scratching my head for 8 years, should the big log camp be front and center , or Montgomery Iron Works. Looks like the Iron works wins . This is the provisional plan, I often wing it some once the sawdust starts to fly.

Hard to say, since we have so much up in the air. If Jennifer’s folks hang on long term, we might end up split between the lake, and Houston. I’m really liking the way this layout is shaping up, but it is designed for that Space, and adapting it for a different space might be difficult...

Thanks Tom , Have been cleaning up the RR room, except for vacuum cleaners , and trash bags, I have a clear Path from the Stairs to the Sawmill. Starting to clear out the back aisle, which has a lot of small lumber pieces. Am going to carry them outside as soon as it isn’t raining...