Track Redding Track-laying Finished All track in Redding is done. An additional track was added next to the wall…GaryOctober 8, 2023
Track Gerber Yard Modifications and Redding I finished installing 6 new switches and moving 2 more for the Gerber yard modifications. …GaryOctober 5, 2023
Operations Gerber Yard Modifications I opened my layout up for the LDSIG during the National NMRA Convention in Dallas…GarySeptember 26, 2023
Track Back to Work I'm finally back to working on the layout and posting. A lot of August entailed…GarySeptember 24, 2023
Scenery Semi-Finished Scene Labels were temporarily affixed. The valance has an industry chart. The finished one will indicate…GaryAugust 7, 2023
Scenery Grass and Fascia My spray bottles arrived. One I used for larger areas in the past was reordered…GaryAugust 1, 2023
Scenery Dirt and Gravel A base coat of real dirt was applied using a kitchen strainer. I had containers…GaryJuly 25, 2023
Electrical Phones & DCC I started installing Tortoises in Proberta. I had hoped to use the same throw wire…GaryJuly 24, 2023
Scenery Backdrop The foam hills have been covered with out-of-date medical plaster gauze. I took a few…GaryJuly 16, 2023
Scenery Starting Scenery and Feeders My goal is to have one 35' scene done for Proberta by mid-August. I started…GaryJuly 4, 2023
Construction Benchwork Finally Complete The benchwork that connect the swing gate at the door was finished today. That completes…GaryJune 30, 2023
Track Two More Towns Complete – Pause in Laying Track All the trackwork is in for Anderson and Girvan (Towns 5 & 6.) I still…GaryJune 29, 2023
Track Cottonwood Complete An eleven hour work day saw the completion of Cottonwood, town #4. There is not…GaryJune 16, 2023
Track Red Bluff Complete The basic track installation has been completed for the third town - Red Bluff. In…GaryJune 13, 2023
Track Red Bluff Track Almost Done Red Bluff had some industries and a lot of warehouses. It was the division point…GaryJune 9, 2023
Construction Undoing Progress One tries to keep moving forward, but today was a step backwards. Don Winn visited…GaryJune 5, 2023
Construction Progress on a New Section I'm back to work after a 10 day break with visitors and car shopping. First…GaryJune 2, 2023
Scenery Fade the Sky Today I worked on lightening the sky near the horizon. My friend, Bill Decker, reminded…GaryMay 19, 2023
Construction Swing Gate Installed The valance at the door was 70" high. I had no problem as I'm magically…GaryMay 18, 2023
Construction Moving On The 45' long Gerber Yard has been finished with the exception of a operating scale…GaryMay 16, 2023