Changes and New Life

Well the past couple weeks have been busy.  The last time I was this busy I was graduating college...  The last week of April I got a new job!  It is a fun job with a lot of potential and near the big train yards but it is on the other side of town.  In most cities, that doesn't mean much.  However, I live in the Houston metroplex.  My commute is an hour each way.  With traffic it can be much worse.  My better half is also getting a new job in about the same area.

Sooooo we will be moving soon. 

I haven't even gotten a chance to work on the layout in over a month we have been so busy.  And now, it is dismantled for a while.  Fortunately it is in modules for this exact situation.  I have gotten most of it packed away but I am leaving the yard module out so I can experiment on the scenery.  Hopefully soon we will have a new place for the layout.  Now to move across the 4th largest city in the country.  Wish me luck!

Also, the CFO (again, better half) has finally caved.  That's right.  A backyard railroad has been begrudgingly approved!  So in a few months, I will have an HO layout and a small 1/8th scale railroad I can ride!  If you want to learn more about these types of models, check out Discover Live Steam and explore around.  They have a lot of good information and links.

Anyways, that is life for the time being.  I hope to be back on here soon with a new home for the SRR.  Maybe I can use this time to really flesh it out, get some things set, figure out what I am doing with it long-term. 

Random pic of the day!

These two are of the local run near my house.  Business must be picking up because I have never seen such a long train or three engines on it.  The locos are in the UP Y21XX series and are MPI MP20GP re-builds of old GP50s.  They have Cat 3516C motors that generate 2000 HP and meet Tier II EPA regulations.  They are used down here to service several industries, but I love seeing the big gondolas, bulkheads, and tankers.  Very modern and very cool!