… where ever I was.
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything on this site. I hope to get back into regular posting again. Perhaps not as frequently as I once did, but maybe once or twice a week. It will be difficult over the summer with so many other things competing for time. I’ll try.
Between my fledgling business and planning for the MFMR Annual Convention (read the wrap up post on Island Rails 2009) it’s been pretty busy around here. With the Convention out of the way I hope things will return to some sort of normalcy.
Now for a quick catch-up on what has happened on the layout recently (photos will follow in subsequent posts). I did not achieve my goal of having 90% of the basic scenery done before the convention. I was working very well toward that goal and then I got a cold/flu that put me out for about a week. I just couldn’t get the gumption back to work on the layout after that. Then the Convention was looming closer and planning started taking more of my time.
I did manage to get Kenville finished, for the most part, as well as the stretch between Kenville and Chappellton. I have a few more structures in Chappellton and have a good start on the train station and underground platforms there. The new Rail-Tug is almost complete.
The other evening I installed a decoder in a Kato RS2 that I picked up at the Moncton show (could not resist!) and consisted it with the old one that’s been sitting in engine storage for a long time. Even though my coal drags are small they require more than one loco to get them over “The Ridge”. So these two units will be the new power for that train.
I picked up (won actually) a Proto 2000 SW9/1200 switcher in CP PacMan scheme that I tried installing an MRC EMD sound decoder into. Darn speaker just will not fit! So I guess it will get the TCS decoder that I have on hand. I’m not sure where this loco will do its thing. I would like to add a milk train to the operations and it could power that. Until then it’ll likely just sit in storage for a while.
Anyway, I hope I’ll have some pictures to post in a few days.
Until next time!
Scott