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Activity

7/30/2019

Added 2019 to TrainOps.

5/19/2019

Added 2018 to Layout through the years.

4/29/2019

Added Ken Ops (KOPS) for 2018 and 2019.

3/10/2019

Tried another counter, but not happy in general.   Who needs a counter anyway?

10/17/2018

Operations on the Bluestone Southern RR in Illinois.

7/11/2018

Re-did the visitor counter as the old one wasn't working any more.   Made up a visitor # of 28,953.

7/11/2018

Added the 17th Anniverary LSC boxcar (the 17th Anniversary was in 2017!)

7/11/2018

Added 2017 to "Layout Through the Years"

7/9/2018

Created a viaduct to replace an old trestle and bridge.

2/21/18

An article about my brass critter was published in the April 2018 Garden Railways.

10/24/17

An article about Matheson Textiles was published in the December 2017 Garden Railways.

10/18/2017

Added 2016 to "Layout Through the Years".  A quiet year.

10/18/2017

Added BS Ops 2017

10/18/2017

Added TrainOps 2017

10/17/2017

Scratch built a replacement for Brunt Interchange.

10/8/2017

An "Operations Quality" Boxcar.

11/12/2016

Added the Firehouse.

8/9/2016

Added TrainOps 2016.

7/20/2016

Added 2016 to the American Invasion event.

1/31/2016

Added 2015 to the "Layout through the years"

1/30/2016

A building in the Nashoba Valley.  Made for Bob McCown's RR.

1/30/2016

Added my firetruck that I did earlier in 2015.

10/21/2015

Operations on the Bluestone Southern in Illinois.    An October 2015 weekend.

9/8/2015

Somehow I missed adding the 2014 pictures of the layout.

8/25/2015

Added a section for TrainOps 2015.

8/15/2015

Added Nashoba Valley Transportation Company boxcar.

7/28/15

Added Chandler Furniture, a 1/29 building for the Bluestone Southern Railroad.

7/21/15

Added photos from the 2015 American Invasion of Canada.

5/6/15

An article about my Mikado was published in the June 2015 Garden Railways.

11/2/14

Completed Strong & Son Groceries.

11/1/14

Added a new section for Bluestone Southern Operations under Events.

10/25/14

Updated articles list.   The bank was published in December 2014 Garden Railways.

10/25/14

Very much late, I add photos of the 2014 American Invasion of Canada.

6/28/14

Completed 3 shops.

2/5/14

Added a scratch built reefer.

12/28/13

Added visits to Jim Strong's Woodland Railway.

12/26/13

Added my 25 ton industrial locomotive.

12/24/13

I have redone MOST of the site.   The events have all been converted to a single page, with a photo album for each year instead of a separate page.   This allows me to display a LOT more pictures.   I'm still working on "RR through the years";  there are a lot of photos to add.

12/21/13

Added a page for the Sludge Works.   An industry I built for Fred Mills in Canada.

12/21/13

Added a page for the Rosseau Hotel.   A building flat I created for Doug Matheson in Canada.

12/17/13

Switched Web design from NetObjects Fusion to WebsiteX5 Evolution when the NetObjects upgrade refused to work on my computer.  

10/19/13

Bucket Coaling Station, finished in 2012.

10/16/13

Clarke & Clarke, Attorneys at Law, completed in 2012.

10/15/13

J.Radder 5 & 10 Cent Store, completed in 2012.

10/14/13

Added some pages on TrainOps, an annual tradition since 2010.

10/13/13

Added my RS-3; a “visiting” locomotive.

10/12/13

Added the 2013 Invasion

10/12/13

Added the 2012 Invasion.   Way late!

11/28/12

Consolidated all articles published in various magazines to a single page.

4/7/12

Added a page for KVRY 2011.

11/8/11

Completed four ET&WNC hoppers, all built from scratch.

7/3/11

“Build an observation-car end rail” was published in the June 2011 issue of Garden Railways.

4/19/11

C.M. Oates Furniture - a scratch built structure

1/17/11

The Miracle Chair Factory meets an untimely end.

1/17/11

Buchanan Tool & Die - a scratch built structure

1/11/11

Finally added the 2010 American Invasion.

1/11/11

Added Candlewood Valley Scenic Railway boxcar.

1/9/11

Reworked the KVRY section in Events, and added 2009 and 2010.

1/9/11

Added Brunt Interchange to railroad property.

1/9/11

Mills Fuel, completed in August, 2010, is finally added.

1/9/11

Added boxcars for the Thames Valley and the Bluestone Southern.

8/22/10

Added a page for my long caboose.

7/11/10

Completed a scratch built boxcar lettered for the Bluestone Southern.

7/6/10

Completed the Camellia - a parlor car.   Also featured on One to Twenty Point Me.

3/7/10

Completed my Mikado.

2/14/10

Added plumbing and cab work to my Mikado.   

1/31/10

Updated the Running Gear section on my Mikado locomotive.   Also added sections on Valve Gear, Boiler, and Cab.

12/04/09

An article on making loads removable was published in Garden Railways December 2009.

11/18/09

Scratch built boxcar for the Kaskaskia Valley Railway

8/09/09

Started documenting the construction of a 1:20 Mikado; I actually started in April 2009.

8/08/09

Added a page of just a few photos from the 2009 American Invasion.

7/12/09

I rebuilt my Ten Wheeler after a wreck destroyed the cab and other parts.

6/07/09

Added a page describing how I scratch-built a ventilated boxcar.

2/14/09

Yard Office - a scratch built structure.  Published in Garden Railways April 2009.

1/13/09

Updated my Tank Cars to show all of my tank cars with a separate page for the GRAMPS.

12/28/08

Added Goodson Hardware and Golding’s Cafe a set of scratch built structures

11/12/08

Added McCown Freight. and a page on our visit to the Kaskaskia Valley Railway.

10/26/08

Added Salmons Produce - a scratchbuilt structure.

10/01/08

An article detailing how to build gladhands was published in the October 2008 issue of Garden Railways.

9/12/08

Redid the caboose page and added section on building a logging caboose from scratch.

8/29/08

Added page on building operating glad hands.  

8/27/08

Belatedly added pictures from various trips:  Eastern RR,  CCR, and POC

8/26/08

Added pictures from Invasion 2008

5/25/08

Added a scratch built bank.

5/25/08

Turntable published in April 08 Garden Railways.   Rearranged Events                                

2/23/08

Completed a refrigerator car lettered for Port Orford Coast

12/8/07

Completed a motorcar based on a Bachmann Rail Truck

10/23/07

Rebuilt my light inspection car using a Stomper base.

10/23/07

Changed the pictures on the turntable page.  The yard area is ballasted now.

10/09/07

Added a page on turning my Bachmann Ten Wheeler into a 1:20 Mogul.

6/29/07

How to build a boxcar” published in August 2007 Garden Railways

6/10/07

Details for constructing an all-steel boxcar.

5/14/07

My switch stand article was published in the June issue of Garden Railways

5/5/07

Added some pictures for my live steam Shay

3/13/07

Completed Matheson Textiles

1/15/07

Started work on Matheson Textiles, a scratch built building made from acrylic.

1/12/07

Redid the rolling stock section and added some new boxcars and construction details.

1/3/07

Boxcab article is published in Garden Railways

11/6/06

Scratch built a turntable

9/27/06

Added Switch stand page

9/27/06

Updated the Bridges and Trestles page.

7/30/06

Trestle and Layout Progress Update

7/24/06

Added a page for the American Invasion, 2006

3/12/06

A look at redesigning for operations

1/08/06

Started a boxcab diesel Project

1/28/06

Posted Ten Wheeler pictures

12/16/05

Built a light inspection car.

8/01/05

Started on a 1:20 Ten Wheeler

6/27/05

Started a 4 wheel caboose project

6/18/05

Some Summer Shots

5/17/05

Added Rolling Stock Carrier.

4/30/05

Added  RGS East Visit

 
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