New Update (Finally)

Hi folks - well as I mentioned back in August, I am now officially retired and have been doing long put off house chores as well as a bit of travelling ( first time being able to travel for more than a week or 10 days because of work commitments and I must say it was great!!). I have also been able to have more time for Model railroad related activates. I realize that it has been a couple of years since my  last post about MR activities and as such, the On30 layout ( phase 1) is basically complete - pretty much all I have been doing on that is adding a bit of details. I will add a couple of photos of the layout to this post. The last couple of years , I have found myself also taking an interest in acquiring and building HO scale freight car kits ( yes kits :), as well as educating myself on DCC programming using JMRI decoder pro - which as I have learned is the only way to program a locomotive in an efficient manner. My plan for this blog is to bring it up to date, and also describe my activates in both On30 and HO scale, so check back often and leave a comment or 2 . Till next time....

#7 Whitcomb loco idles at the far end of the yard

2 brewery workers enjoying a break

2 flatcars temporarily in the brewery siding

Welding job taking place outside the yard shed

Truck that was picking up freight at loading dock is having engine problems

Machine shop worker