What happens when you are stuck inside all weekend b/c of a hurricane ? You do some layout work!
My son suggested that I expand the inside loop & lucky for us, I had some spare wood to do just that! The new loop brings it across Cowan Creek & around the entire board. Had to reconfigure a bunch of stuff to fit it, but I'm pretty happy w/ the result. I can now run longer trains on the inside loop & it doesn't look as cluttered.
My son is happy b/c 'now the 2 trains can race!' We also got nearly all the wiring done w/ the exception of 2 accessories that had to be relocated.
A pair of light helpers run westbound through Welch, WV to prepare for another push toward Bluefield
NS Dash-9 9228 leads 294 through Lebanon, PA on former Reading rails.
N&W 611 passes one of the omnipresent crepe myrtle trees as she stretches her wheels at the NCTM on a Saturday morning.
NS ET44AC 3618 heads through Keystone, WV as it leads a westbound coal train back to the mines.
PRR E7A 5901 (the only surviving E7 unit) sits restored back to her former glory at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania.
CSX ES44AC-H 794 leads Q611 through Waxhaw, NC on the Monroe Sub.
