Good Morning All. 30° and clear. More normal weather returning today, with the high around 60°. That's still below average but I'll take it...have no choice. Spent too much time on the weekly grocery/beer trek yesterday, especially for no more than I spent! Gas is still holding steady at $2.13 per gallon.
Today feels like a blueberry waffle and bacon day, Francine. Where's Flo? Oh! Out on the bench with
Louis! She ain't making any money out there; he brings his own coffee!
Thanks for the comments and likes for yesterday's picture post;
Louis, Johnny, Jerome, Mikey, Chad, Sherrel, Clint, Joe, Patrick, Curt, Chet, Tom, Rick, Phil, Ken. Always appreciated.
Short but good day in the train shed yesterday. I did some touch up painting on the fence and added some weeds to the area. Nothing worth taking a picture of yet. I selected some junk from the details cabinet that I need to paint before adding to the scene. Barrels, scrap wood, tree trunks and branches, unidentifiable junk for inside the barn door, etc. I am also looking into making some actual doors for the barn to leave on the ground or hanging askew on their hinges. I also did some considerable switching of the industries on the other side of the tracks, that trackwork needs testing before I add the ballast. I did paint it last week sometime. Didn't have any issues with the normal switching consist of CF7's and I used some GP60's as well. Need to use some six axle engines before I ballast, even though I don't normally use them for that purpose.
Johnny - Walther's put out two versions of that ranch style house, the brick version that you are building and a clapboard version.
Greg - Great to read about your productive day in the train room. Good sign that recovery is going well.
Everybody have a great day and a productive National Model Railroad Month.