December 2023 - March 2024
Accomplishments:
 		Structure Builds:
  • Timberline Produce Warehouse as "S&P Witt Butter Eggs Milk Poultry"
  • Suydam Industrial Offices as "Reardon Steel Ore Processing Office"
  • RailroadKits "Dannen Feeds"
  • Railroad Line Models Freight Interchange Loading Dock for the wharf team track
  • Conowingo Models Neil's House, modified with a freight door
  • ITLA loading dock for Incorporated Tool
  • Tichy milk station for the branch line

Scenery work:

  • added backdrop shims to the back of the wharf module
  • cut a poplar "gap filler" for the yard area, painted, added dirt
  • trimmed and installed backdrops on the wharf extension backdrop
  • installed an LED work light over the wharf
  • flocked/painted some trees
  • added trees, ground cover to east side removable scenery
  • put static grass near north tunnels, bushes behind fence
  • added ground cover around Incorporated Tool

Car cards and Boxes:

  • built/installed car card boxes
  • printed/assembled car cars and loco cards
  • generated/printed 1st pass waybills

Miscellaneous:

  • work on Olde Frothingslosh reefer; spray bombed chassis/trucks, replaced steel weight, etc. and weathering
  • work on PRR gondola, sprayed with flat clear, weathered, covered cheesy plastic load with Woodland Scenics coal
  • purchased/installed a Digitrax LNWI for use with my new TCS UTW-100 wireless throttle
  • updated the track plan with names for towns/locations/industries
    Updated Track Plan

    A Short Video

    A 21-car train backing through the hand-laid double crossover, pushed by the re-motored Mantua Mikado.




    Structure Builds

    Timberline Produce Warehouse as "S&P Witt Butter Eggs Milk Poultry"

    Timberline Produce Warehouse as "S&P Witt Butter Eggs Milk Poultry"

    Suydam Industrial Offices as "Reardon Steel Ore Processing Office"

    RailroadKits "Dannen Feeds"

    RailroadKits "Dannen Feeds"

    Railroad Line Models Freight Interchange Loading Dock for the wharf team track

    Railroad Line Models Freight Interchange Loading Dock for the wharf team track

    Conowingo Models Neil's House, modified with a freight door

    Conowingo Models Neil's House, modified with a freight door

    Tichy milk station for the branch line
    Scenery Work

    Lighting added to the wharf    , background sky panel installed



    Structures in place, backgrounds installed

    Ground cover, foliage added to west side branch line

    wider view, also showing the ITLA loading dock for Incorporated Tool

    East side scenery update
    Card Car Boxes

    Whitby Boxes

    Whitby Yard Boxes

    Devils Camp Boxes

    Rockdale Terminal Boxes

    Rockport / Barge Boxes