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The ONW had Baldwins, not Trainmasters; but they are about as close we plan to get. This is a shot of the of a short MOW train crossing the Silvies River at Seneca.

I have spent the last two work sessions painting the ONW engine. I haven't tried custom painting N-scale locomotives before, so the work was more experimental than anything. Here are the project's results so far:

Greg, Thanks for the recent photo. It is interesting to note the changes that time as caused. The red color certainly has faded; and, in my recollection, the railroad name was not spelled out on the side of the caboose while it was in service. ONW 300 will be much easier to decal than...

Not a great deal to show for this weekend's work on the layout. We have started work on some detail projects that have been put off until we had more time. Some of the buildings are being designed, built, or painted. Locations for structures are being determined. I spent today custom...

This is a different angle that shows a few of the trees.

A long shot of the layout from the Seneca end.

David, I hope you can convince your traveling companion to come through John Day. ;) This is another picture of the large cut on the layout.

A view of the logging operation from the logging helicopter.

Today I have been planting 100 year old trees, but it is hard to stay ahead of the loggers.

Yes, Greg, it is a brass caboose.

Envirotex was poured along the length of Poison Creek as can be seen in the previous pictures. Work was also started on some trees for the mountains. Here is a reverse angle from the previous picture that shows two of the first trees.

Distance shot from the Seneca end of the layout.

Here the train is crossing the Silvies River approaching the mill site at Seneca, Oregon.

The train is at the mouth of the Poison Creek Canyon, descending the grade on the way to Burns and Hines

The train is seen here exiting the Poison Creek tunnel on its return trip from Seneca.

A view of the rear of the train ascending the Poison Creek grade.

More scenery work was done today. Here is a shot of a train coming up the Poison Creek grade toward the tunnel.

Today, most of the ballast was cemented in place and the first Envirotex was poured for the river.

Today most of the ballast was cemented in place and the first Envirotex was poured for the river.

Ground foam, sifted gravel, and some plant parts (yarrow for sagebrush) have been added to some of the lift off portions of the layout.