SceneryTrack Changing Tie Spacing I was just finishing up laying track in the final town and remembered I had…GaryFebruary 3, 2025
Track Fine Tuning Track & Switches Track had already been tested with a consolidation before painting, but decided to retest with…GaryFebruary 1, 2025
SceneryTrack Painting Ties Completed for All But 2 Towns It is hard to believe that my last post was exactly 2 months ago. We…GaryJanuary 30, 2025
SceneryTrack Painting Ties – Done for Now For the last several days I have been completing painting ties. They are now done…GaryNovember 1, 2024
SceneryTrack Painting Ties Cottonwood and Anderson have their basic coat of paint on track and ties. Will be…GaryOctober 21, 2024
SceneryTrack Painting Track & Ties Three colors were applied. First Rust-Oleum Camouflage Brown on everything. Next lesser used tracks had…GaryOctober 19, 2024
SceneryTrack Decanting Paint Failure After sitting overnight, I went to use the decanted paint. Only 1 of the 4…GaryOctober 18, 2024
SceneryTrack Decanting Paint I had hoped to just use rattle cans to paint the track and ties. Test…GaryOctober 15, 2024
Track Sticky Points Recovering from jet lag, I'm back to work. Spent the day doing odds and ends. …GaryAugust 5, 2024
Track Cleanup After Frog Improvement Every switch on the layout has been checked for clearance through the frog. The Fast…GaryJuly 19, 2024
Track Frog Cleanup Gary, I thought you were modeling 1926. What is that diesel doing? I had not…GaryJuly 16, 2024
OperationsSceneryTrack Planning for Operations All the Tortoises have been mounted and linkage installed for the next town: Cottonwood. Cut…GaryJune 30, 2024
ElectricalTrack Programming Track Installed what will be the programming track and thinking of also using it as a…GaryJune 26, 2024
Track Final Gerber Switch I'm a little behind in posting. Last week I finished the final switch for Gerber. …GaryMay 31, 2024
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
Track Back to Work I'm finally back to working on the layout and posting. A lot of August entailed…GarySeptember 24, 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