Steve, glad to see the YV2 taking shape. Are you doing it in modular sections so you can quickly reassemble it when you get to NZ?
NZ-Ken, I sure wish my own trainroom was as clean and uncluttered as yours when I started out, I simply worked "around the mess" - now my layout is 80% scenicked, but I'm too embarrass to have visitors see the garage,...er I mean trainroom!
Ray, I'm beginning to recognize your 'signature' backdrops, I can always tell theyre yours without even looking at the poster name. Nice bit of progress...
JT30, good job on the curtain-sider - I've also seen toilet paper used as tarp on flatcar loads, works quite nicely!
CP, that's an interesting mod on your switcher's exhaust - never saw a muffler quite that 'chunky' before, is it commercial parts or homegrown?
MLW, nice weathering. I saw long strings of hicube boxcars like yours in 1998, during a tour of the Willamette Industries paper mill on the Buffalo & Pittsburgh. Do you have a high-volume industry for those on your pike?
No pix from me this time around, too much holiday stress; I also found out the ballast I used is too large, so I'm trying to figure out a way to replace it without ripping out all the existing trackwork.