It has happened. Summer is finally here and with it are new things to be done, extra chores that aren’t required during the winter. Mowing the lawn, weeding the flower beds, and other outdoor maintenance tasks are taking time away from model railroad activities. There probably won’t be much progress on the BS&T until the fall, but then it will be crafting season. 🙁

I may not be posting many updates over the summer except perhaps some operating session reports, since we are still going to be doing that every Sunday evening over the summer.

Speaking of operating sessions, we had our first two man crew on the BS&T last Sunday. Greg and Ken MacQuarrie were the sole crew members. The two wayfreights did everything from yard work to local switching since, apparently, the local switch crews were on strike – or at Tim’s. Management even had to chip in to run the transfers and trains to and from “Points East”. I think a lot of credit goes to the crew to be able to complete a full session short staffed. Great work guys!

Anyway folks, have a great summer. Catch you later!

Scott

Here are some pictures from the old layout. Next time I’ll post some destruction/construction photos of the new layout from last Februrary.

I used to have a website for my old model railroad – the Summer Valley Railway – but after the free hosting server “went away” I didn’t bother finding a new server. Now, since a friend of mine started a blog for his model railroad – the NeverDone Railway I thought it would be a simple way to get a web site going for my new layout – the Bayside and Tidewater.

So, I thought I would backtrack a bit with the first few postings to let you know where I’ve come from to get to where I am now. This group of pictures is from the last run of my old layout which was 12′ x 14′. The next few posts will show you the changes that happened last winter to creat the new 12′ x 31′ layout.

Scott

The local has to wait at yard limits for the Jordan Yard operator to clear an arrival track. Photo taken during the last Summer Valley Railway Op session on Jan. 8, 2006 (Greg, Steve and Brian)

The sun is setting on LookQuick Pass as the last train to ever run on the Summer Valley Railway makes its way from the UMG Subdivision. The MOW crew have gathered to bid farewell.