Volume One
Welcome to Mara
Posted on December 18, 2007
Another month has gone by and it’s time for yet another update on the railway. It is hard to believe that I only started this adventure only a year ago. Even though progress seemed slow at times its hard to believe I accomplished as much as I did in the past year. Looking back, I… » Read More
Cheo Raffle Layout and Railfanning
Posted on November 13, 2007
Well, I can’t believe this is the first update since July, October is over, the little munchskins were out in full force on Halloween, Leave fall colors are about over and I’ve scraping frost of the car windows in the morning now. Not much has happened in the layout since the last update, but that’s… » Read More
Clearwater Gets a Backdrop
Posted on July 7, 2007
Welcome to the July update. Well another milestone has happened on the layout, at least a milestone for me, more on that later. Now that the track work has been tested, the bugs worked out, the frogs powered, and some mock-ups made, operating the layout is a fun experience. Before I start the scenery I… » Read More
Industry Moves to Clearwater
Posted on June 13, 2007
Well another month has flown by which means that it’s update time. At least there is more progress this month. As stated in the last installment the backdrop installation and painted dark blue. What a difference a blue shy makes compared to a stark white backdrop. I decided to take it a step further this… » Read More
Adding the Backdrop
Posted on May 13, 2007
Well time is just flying by and its time for another update. It has been a slow month on the Clearwater Valley as I had other projects that needed attended to. One of those projects was a 12 foot module in HO (gasp!!!!!!!) that I said I would build for our 4-man traveling troupe for… » Read More
Finishing the Trackwork in Clearwater and Building the Clearwater Saloon
Posted on April 11, 2007
Yipes!!!!!! I can’t believe that another month has gone by and its time for another update. Well March 21 2007 was a milestone day as the first train arrived in Clearwater and switched the town, but I’m getting ahead of my self here. I built and installed a 4′-0″ x 9″ extension to the end… » Read More
Track Realignment in Clearwater
Posted on March 1, 2007
Well another month has come and gone so its time for my monthly report on the construction progress. I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked, but February is a short month. There has been progress made on the layout. All the track work is laid in Clearwater except for the curved… » Read More
Starting the trackwork in Clearwater
Posted on January 30, 2007
Well work on the layout has slowed downed quite a bit due to going back to work but there is some progress to report. I glued down and stained most of the ties on the line into Clearwater including all the sidings and the passing track. Only ties not layed are for the curved turnout… » Read More
Starting to lay track
Posted on January 1, 2007
Well Christmas has come and gone and it was tine to get some more work done on the layout. First off I would like to wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year. I got on a roll this past week and made great progress on the layout, got 9 ft of track down at… » Read More
Backdrops anyone?
Posted on December 23, 2006
Wow, only two more days to Christmas, how times fly. First off I would like to wish everyone and their families a very Merry Christmas, or Happy Hanukah and a Happy New Year. Now back to the construction. Unfortunately I’ve been feeling way under the weather for three weeks prior to last week so progress… » Read More