Fall 2022 layout update

This month marks the 8th anniversary of the layout.  A lot has been completed over that time but still plenty more to do.  Over this past year or so most of the attention has been on the 11+ feet of Carlin over two bench work sections.  I have also been operating the layout and developing an operating scheme using car cards and waybills.  Recently I have added car card holders to all of the spurs as well as for the arrival / departure track in Carlin yard.

The scenery is continuing with the back edge of the Carlin section has being finished and blended in with the back drop shown in the photo below.  The area around the river between Carlin and the Palisade tunnels is in progress now.

With all of the track work in Carlin now done, next will come finishing industries, structures, and adding details.   Recently I added some 3D printed wheel stops to the ends of all of the spur tracks in Carlin.