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- February 2012 (2)
- 06: The Layout May Live (1)
- 02: Layout Construction Is On Hold (9)
- January 2012 (8)
- 29: Panel Progress (2)
- 28: Progress Update (1)
- 28: Auto Racks For Sale (0)
- 27: Signals Up For Sale Again (0)
- 23: Model Railroader Goes Digital (2)
- 08: Rock Carving (0)
- 08: Tunnel Testing (0)
- 07: Progress Update (0)
- December 2011 (3)
- 17: Progress Update (1)
- 17: Extreme Makeover: Big Hill Edition (2)
- 16: Video Update 12/15/2011 (4)
- November 2011 (2)
- 13: Weekend Progress (0)
- 11: Scenery Progress (1)
- October 2011 (1)
- 03: A Ride Around the Layout (0)
- September 2011 (2)
- 28: Grade Crossing Signals (3)
- 10: Some Progress Photos (0)
- July 2011 (2)
- 08: Signal Bridge (0)
- 04: Back in Business (3)
- June 2011 (2)
- 13: Everything on hold (3)
- 01: Layout Control Panel – Part 2 (0)
- May 2011 (7)
- 30: Layout Control Panel (3)
- 26: New Photos (0)
- 16: First Signals Go Live (0)
- 15: Progress Update 5-15-2011 (1)
- 07: National Train Day (0)
- 03: Video Update 5/3/2011 (0)
- 02: Stationary Sound Decorder Reborn (1)
- April 2011 (8)
- 30: Almost There (0)
- 28: Well, that was fun… (3)
- 27: Stationary Sound Decoder (0)
- 26: Sound Project (2)
- 23: Progress Update (1)
- 22: Yard Office Completed (2)
- 17: Wiring Work (1)
- 03: Progress Update (1)
- March 2011 (4)
- 22: Progress Update (0)
- 20: Mainline Progress (2)
- 08: Depot Completed (3)
- 02: Time for some color (0)
- February 2011 (4)
- 18: Working on the Main (0)
- 08: Temporary Loop Video (4)
- 04: Magazine Collection (5)
- 02: (Not So Much) Progress Report (0)
- January 2011 (2)
- 09: Mainline Progress (10)
- 02: Roadbed, Wiring, and Bears! Oh My! (1)
- December 2010 (3)
- 21: Upper Level Example (4)
- 20: Staging Lead has the power… (8)
- 19: Staging Yard Complete (2)
- November 2010 (4)
- 23: First Train Hits The Rails (0)
- 21: Control Panel Lighting Complete (0)
- 15: Progress Update Video – 11/14 (2)
- 01: Shoving On (0)
- October 2010 (6)
- 28: Haitus? Cancellation? Carry-on? (10)
- 25: Control Panel Lit Up (0)
- 22: Sneak Peak #3 (0)
- 18: Sneak Peak #2 (1)
- 14: Sneak Peak (0)
- 12: Staging Yard – Tracks Down (4)
- September 2010 (6)
- 19: Backdrop Installed (0)
- 14: Draft 10 (Potential Changes) (1)
- 14: Side Project: Magazine Archiving (7)
- 11: Draft 8a – Mainline (3)
- 10: Revised Trackplan (3)
- 10: Benchwork Near Completion (2)
- August 2010 (4)
- 31: Track Plan (3)
- 31: Room Preparation (3)
- 16: New Layout Plan (4)
- 10: The faint aroma of…. change? (6)
- July 2010 (6)
- 24: Progress Update (0)
- 18: Rocky Cliff – Pt. 1 (2)
- 16: Marigny River Banks (0)
- 05: Weekend Progress (1)
- 03: Overpass Mock-up (0)
- 01: Building An Overpass – Part 1.5 (0)
- June 2010 (8)
- 30: Striping Redone (4)
- 28: Building an Overpass – Part 1 (3)
- 20: Progress Report (1)
- 06: 2nd Sand Tower (0)
- 02: Ballasting the Tunnels (0)
- 01: “OMG… Why did I go N-Scale?!?” (1)
- 01: Engine House for an Engine Platform (2)
- 01: Relocating Engine House (3)
- May 2010 (2)
- 27: Progress Update (4)
- 17: Change of Scenery (4)
- April 2010 (10)
- 28: Video – Painting Track (0)
- 28: Video Update (1)
- 25: First Siding In Operation (1)
- 23: Some More Concrete Pics (0)
- 21: First Concrete Track Weathered (2)
- 21: Weathering Rails Part 2 (1)
- 19: Weathered Rail Test (4)
- 18: Double Mainlines Operational (1)
- 11: DT400 On/Off Switch (1)
- 02: The 1st Test Run on Main #1 (4)
- March 2010 (9)
- 30: Progress Report (4)
- 21: Some progress (0)
- 18: Fine vs. Medium Ballast (3)
- 15: Tunnel Interior (1)
- 12: Concrete Ties Are Down (1)
- 08: Bridge Fix (0)
- 08: Test run video (2)
- 07: Lighting Changes (4)
- 07: Butterfly Platforms (0)
- February 2010 (6)
- 20: Two Steps Forward…And One Step Back. (3)
- 10: Bridge Track (0)
- 08: I see skies of blue… (4)
- 07: Concrete Ties (3)
- 07: Mainline Roadbed In Place (0)
- 01: UP Car Shop (3)
- January 2010 (10)
- 30: First strip of roadbed goes down (4)
- 26: Crane and Bridge Completed (0)
- 23: Backdrop Assembly (0)
- 18: Room Lighting (0)
- 17: Backdrop progress and some kits (4)
- 09: Benckwork Progress (1)
- 06: Track Plan In Place (0)
- 03: Plan finalized and printed (6)
- 02: More Track Plan Tweaking (1)
- 01: Plan Revision (3)
- December 2009 (15)
- 30: DT402D throttle in hand (4)
- 28: New Name And Look (2)
- 27: Full Scale Mockup (1)
- 27: Benchwork Progress (0)
- 23: Plan Revision (3)
- 23: DT402D Enroute (0)
- 22: Phase 1 Complete (3)
- 15: DT400 Status Update (1)
- 12: Benchwork Progress (0)
- 07: DT400 to DT402D (1)
- 07: Benchwork is moving on up (3)
- 06: Benchwork Coming Together (3)
- 04: Getting Close to a final plan (7)
- 02: Track Plan Update (3)
- 01: Track Plan Doodling & Layout Name (1)
- November 2009 (2)
- 29: The Gears Are Turning (4)
- 10: What’s happening? (3)
- October 2009 (1)
- 17: The End of an Era (9)
- September 2009 (7)
- 20: Benchwork Top (3)
- 13: Latest Track Plan (0)
- 10: Coming Together (0)
- 09: Benchwork Has Arrived (0)
- 08: Site Updates (1)
- 05: Wire Panel Update (0)
- 01: Benchwork On Order (4)
- August 2009 (11)
- 31: Benchwork Mock-up (6)
- 30: Removal Timelapse (3)
- 28: The Destruction Begins (2)
- 26: Preliminary Track Plan (7)
- 26: A Bit of Compromise (2)
- 25: The Infamous Garage (6)
- 24: Relaxation, Reflection, and maybe a new layout. (8)
- 14: Video & Break (3)
- 12: Strike the staging redesign (2)
- 11: I’veeeeeee been workin’ on the Railroad…. (2)
- 01: The New Staging Level (6)
- July 2009 (9)
- 28: Staging Track Plan (2)
- 28: Just brainstorming (0)
- 27: Scenery Progress (7)
- 26: New Staging in the works (2)
- 26: Blue Skies (2)
- 25: Upper Level Re-do (0)
- 18: Batch a Day Progress (4)
- 14: A Batch A Day (0)
- 06: New Additions to the Fleet (1)
- June 2009 (2)
- 14: Little Scenery Progress (0)
- 07: Winter Wonderland (7)
- May 2009 (3)
- 31: River Landscape taking shape (2)
- 23: New Bridge Abutments (2)
- 17: Weekend Progress (0)
- April 2009 (9)
- 25: ME Track is go for launch (4)
- 23: Call me crazy… (1)
- 22: 1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Backwards (5)
- 19: Terrain and Scenery Re-Work (2)
- 14: Looks like an earthquake (0)
- 14: Terrain Cover – Plan B (5)
- 12: Starting the groundwork (2)
- 12: Scenery Base Work (0)
- 04: Helix Cover (2)
- March 2009 (11)
- 28: Repainted Some Clouds (0)
- 28: Backdrop Overhaul (0)
- 28: Terrain Fixes (0)
- 16: Upgraded Zephyr to a DCS100 (0)
- 16: New SD70MACs and MRC decoder isn’t broken (1)
- 15: MRC Sound Decoder Failure (5)
- 15: Furnace Vessels Done (4)
- 13: Signal Operations (4)
- 08: Signal Logic Test (0)
- 08: First Signal Test (0)
- 01: Glacier Gravel Gets a Spur (0)
- February 2009 (4)
- 27: Furnace House Complete (1)
- 27: Lower Level Earth (2)
- 27: Blast Furnace in progress (0)
- 17: A Little Blast Furnace Progress (1)
- January 2009 (10)
- 27: Not-so-much Progress (1)
- 23: Autoracks on the Elmwood Sub (0)
- 18: Mill Plan (4)
- 18: Today’s Progress (0)
- 17: Blast Furnance Progress (0)
- 15: Mill update (0)
- 15: Trigger Happy Spam Filter (0)
- 15: Steel Mill Plant (3)
- 13: More Progress (0)
- 12: Some Scenery Work (2)
- December 2008 (6)
- 30: GERN Re-design (2)
- 19: Layout Video (0)
- 19: A Milestone (1)
- 14: Glacier Gravel (0)
- 14: Dairy Building (0)
- 07: New Staging Storage (0)
- November 2008 (5)
- 22: Cassette Staging – A Quick Look (1)
- 08: A Holey Helix…and more. (3)
- 05: MRC Sound Decoder (3)
- 05: Latest Progress (0)
- 05: Broken Image Links (0)
- October 2008 (6)
- 19: Helix connected to upper level (0)
- 19: Cantilever Preview (0)
- 16: Some Scenery Work (0)
- 12: Helix completed and some scenery work (4)
- 07: Helix Progress (0)
- 07: Joe Fugate’s Video Series (0)
- September 2008 (8)
- 26: Latest Progress (0)
- 16: Rubber Rocks (1)
- 11: Updates (0)
- 07: Added some “asphalt” (0)
- 06: All Dressed Up (0)
- 06: First Road (0)
- 03: First SIGM20 Completed (0)
- 02: Signal Wiring (0)
- August 2008 (3)
- 31: Helix Takes Shape (0)
- 25: Helix is underway (0)
- 04: New Helix (0)
- July 2008 (3)
- 13: The Great Signal Review (0)
- 13: July Updates (0)
- 01: Layout Schematic (0)
- June 2008 (3)
- 23: Still Alive (0)
- 09: Helix Woes (0)
- 08: Fascia Painted (0)
- May 2008 (6)
- 28: Staging Test (0)
- 20: Checkin in (0)
- 11: Latest Video (0)
- 06: New URL (0)
- 05: Kato UP Smoothside Cars (0)
- 04: Layout Tour (0)
- April 2008 (5)
- 19: Manual Turnouts for Industries (0)
- 15: GERN Industry Expansion (0)
- 13: More Progress Today (0)
- 13: Progress Report (0)
- 06: Dixie River Bridge (0)
- March 2008 (18)
- 31: DT400 Goes to Digitrax (0)
- 29: Upper Fascia Installed (0)
- 25: DT400 Gone Kablooey (0)
- 24: Roster up-to-date (0)
- 21: Houston, we have a problem. (0)
- 16: Panel #1 Installed (0)
- 16: BNSF Hopper Roll-by (0)
- 15: Roster (0)
- 12: Un-going wireless (0)
- 11: The downside to a DT400R (0)
- 11: BNSF Grain Train (0)
- 09: More 4-8-8-4 (0)
- 08: Athearn 4-8-8-4 (0)
- 07: New Kato AC4400CW (0)
- 07: Going Wireless (0)
- 07: Dominos (0)
- 05: TexNRails.com – Avoid them like the plague (0)
- 02: Turnout Control (0)
- February 2008 (6)
- 29: New Wiring Panel In The Works (0)
- 29: Big Boy has arrived (0)
- 21: Big Boy Enroute! (0)
- 17: DAC10 & SIGM20 (0)
- 17: New Panoramic Shot (0)
- 15: Update (0)
- January 2008 (10)
- 29: Weekend Progress (0)
- 20: Digitrax BDL168 Installed (0)
- 18: Monroe Models Concrete Bridge (0)
- 18: First Tortoise Installed (0)
- 16: New Airbrush enroute (0)
- 13: New video (0)
- 11: Athearn Big Boy and Kudos to BLMA (0)
- 09: Upper Level – Latest Track Plan (0)
- 09: Lower Level – Latest Track Plan (0)
- 08: BLMA’s Brass Truss Brudge (0)
- December 2007 (4)
- 18: Latest Progress (0)
- 09: Swinging Staging (0)
- 03: The Pics (0)
- 03: Big-Boy Pre-ordered (0)
- November 2007 (2)
- 05: Latest Progress (0)
- 04: Quick video (0)
- October 2007 (2)
- 17: Operation: Save Helix (0)
- 14: Recent Happenings around town (0)
- September 2007 (9)
- 23: Track work (0)
- 23: Model Progess (0)
- 15: Taco Bell (0)
- 12: Panoramic (0)
- 11: Some pics (0)
- 10: Wabbit Vs. Hare (0)
- 10: Wabbit vs. CTI (0)
- 06: Pro-Tech Signal (0)
- 03: Look, an update! (0)
- June 2007 (2)
- 26: Let there be light! (0)
- 06: Going high-tech (0)
- May 2007 (11)
- 27: Level 2 done (0)
- 24: Latest trackplan (0)
- 23: Manual Schmanual (0)
- 20: Level 1 in place (0)
- 12: Shelves making way (0)
- 08: Latest Plan (0)
- 08: Wood! (0)
- 08: Staging “Trays” (0)
- 08: Atlas Signal System (0)
- 07: Revision 5….thousand (0)
- 06: Doh! (0)
- March 2007 (9)
- 25: Another Day, Another Change (0)
- 22: Challenger goes Kablooey (0)
- 12: Athearn Challenger on the way :) (0)
- 11: Latest Trackplans & Code 55 (1)
- 06: Two level Compromise? (0)
- 05: Layout revamp (0)
- 05: We’re gonna need a bigger boat. (0)
- 02: New Staging (0)
- 02: Standard installation (0)
- February 2007 (3)
- 28: Standards are on order (0)
- 28: Track Plan (0)
- 27: It begins… (0)
