It’s a needs a little work still. Have to redo Track #1. You can see that it kinda kicks in a little at the very back. I apparently kicked it in a little too much and trains will overhang on track 2.
The walls will be painted on the outside and inside, track ballasted, and some caboose industry ground throws installed. Because of the way it’s constructed there’s no room for tortoise control.
Not a whole lot of changes since the last update. I finished the mainline on the lower level and began fiddling with the staging bridge. It works pretty well.
This weekend I’m gonna get some hobby pine board to glue to the side for protection againt stuff falling off. I also added a switch to turn power on/off to the staging tracks.
These cars were hard to find (even on ebay), but unknown to me Kato planned a limited run late last year. Looks like they must’ve just shipped them to dealers. I saw them on the new arrivals lists at modeltrainstuff.com. They only had 16 of each set in stock, so I ordered one of each before I lost my chance. I want to use these cars with the UP Big Boy.
So if you’re looking for these cars, head over the MTS(Set A, Set B), your favorite online dealer or local hobby shop before they’re gone again.
May 28th, 2008 @ 5:46 AM CT 
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