ElectricalLayout Progress Tortoises for Gerber 61 Tortoises have been installed in Gerber but not wired. These came from my previous…GaryOctober 25, 2023
ElectricalLayout Progress Feeders for Gerber All the feeders have been installed for Gerber using 22-gauge wire. The red and white…GaryOctober 20, 2023
Layout Progress Redding Track-laying Finished All track in Redding is done. An additional track was added next to the wall…GaryOctober 8, 2023
Layout Progress Gerber Yard Modifications and Redding I finished installing 6 new switches and moving 2 more for the Gerber yard modifications. …GaryOctober 5, 2023
Track Plan Modifications Gerber Yard Modifications I opened my layout up for the LDSIG during the National NMRA Convention in Dallas…GarySeptember 26, 2023
Errors 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Scenery Backdrop The foam hills have been covered with out-of-date medical plaster gauze.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
Layout Progress Starting Scenery and Feeders My goal is to have one 35' scene done for Proberta by mid-August. I started…GaryJuly 4, 2023
Layout Progress Benchwork Finally Complete The benchwork that connect the swing gate at the door was finished today. That completes…GaryJune 30, 2023
Layout Progress 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
Layout Progress Cottonwood Complete An eleven hour work day saw the completion of Cottonwood, town #4. There is not…GaryJune 16, 2023
Layout Progress Red Bluff Complete The basic track installation has been completed for the third town - Red Bluff. In…GaryJune 13, 2023
Layout Progress Red Bluff Track Almost Done Red Bluff had some industries and a lot of warehouses. It was the division point…GaryJune 9, 2023
Layout Progress Undoing Progress One tries to keep moving forward, but today was a step backwards. Don Winn visited…GaryJune 5, 2023
Layout Progress Progress on a New Section I'm back to work after a 10 day break with visitors and car shopping. First…GaryJune 2, 2023
Layout Progress Fade the Sky Today I worked on lightening the sky near the horizon. My friend, Bill Decker, reminded…GaryMay 19, 2023