Progress Update #10

Well, it has been about a year and a half since I updated this blog. Many of you probably thought I gave up on modeling or fell off the face of the earth. Thankfully neither of those happened. The truth is that life is busy and modeling isn't a priority. Model railroading is just a hobby. With all this to say, I haven't stopped making the short journey to the train room. Progress has occurred! I thought instead of writing a book for this post, I'll just share a ton of photos with a few captions. Hopefully you won't have to wait another year and a half to hear from me again!!


One large project that I finished was a staging yard and loop option. I originally designed the layout to be point to point(which is how it will remain for operations). However, a continuous running option seemed more and more necessary for many reasons. So, my dad and I built a drop bridge and new benchwork under section of the layout. Since this new route went under the layout, I took liberty to insert a staging yard. This staging yard will represent a fictitious branchline connecting the towns of Waneta, BC (Burlington Northern RR) with Trail, BC (Canadian Pacific RR). This gives another operational aspect to the layout and more car storage. Oh and also, my dad and I installed fascia around half of the layout and my mother made the skirting. Thanks Mom and Dad!!

Here's some pictures of the Pend Orielle River bridge I constructed from a Central Valley Truss kit and two Micro Engineering girder kits. This isn't completely prototypical, but it's the least I could do considering the fact that two curves had to start on either side of the bridge.

Now here's some photos of the rest of the layout....

Kettle Falls, WA

Evan / Marcus, WA (tracks running alongside the Columbia River). Still only needs about 500 trees!

Northport, WA

Waneta, BC (tracks on left of peninsula) and Fruitvale, BC (area on right). There will be a backdrop running down the middle of the peninsula.

Fruitvale, BC