As is usual with life, things have gotten busy. With this being a side project, I do not expect to update as much as I would like to. I always wonder how some people have spare time to update their blogs as often as once a week.
Anyways, I have been working on a few projects for the railroad. My wife and I recently began the process of buying a house and as such I have begun planning the layout for the train room. Currently the idea is a scenicked upper deck, with half of the deck being a large industrial complex with multiple industries and challenges and the other half being scenery reminiscent of Southeast Texas, and a lower deck with a staging yard and little to no scenery. To connect the two, I am thinking about using an around the walls one way only transition track.
Another project has been converting a Cotton Belt SD45T-2 into a speed-lettered Southern Pacific. I have always loved the friendly SP and so I am trying to find ways to incorporate their locos into my world. My plan is to modernize the loco and use it as some of the other shortlines do. Most simply leave the paint scheme as is and add their own logo somewhere discreet. I think this may be the best way to go as the current story line involves the SP being absorbed like it was in real life.
The other current priority project is adding working ditch lights to my locos. I only have one that is really of use right now, but it served as a good test bed for my self-made ditch lights. I will cover these and other projects in later posts.
Anyways, it is back to work for me.
