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Layout update

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Well it's been interesting adding a layer and moving and enlarging the paper mill. But then the flood happened . Oops forgot to disconnect the hose

Freight cars

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 2 weathered hoppers for my fleet 

Paper mill update

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Here is an update of my paper mill. As you can see by the piece of wood on the track where the pieces of lumber come together are not very level I will have to fix this soon. But when the boxcars are filled with paper rolls they don't move to much 

Farm added

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 Cnw f3a  pulls a sting of boxcars into town 

More updates

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so in honor of all the dairy products in Wisconsin I have added O'leary's Dairy. and a diesel fueling station on the second track of the inglenook. The third track will serve as an interchange and be connected to a staging track.

Layout Update

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So the layout has come along to the point of operations or for now switching out a couple industries. A few people were able to run a few trains a round town A, and yes we had some minor track issues, luckily Ken was able to figure the issues out with his great soldering. Here are some layout picture updates Paper mill and 2 track yard The inglenook Interchange  Town A ( to be named) Another shot of town A More to come later.

Hoover Dam and More

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 Snow scene on the prairie and the hoover damn Slightly off topic was our layout tour for the St. Charles Model Railroad Club. Every six months or so we visit a few of our members railroads. One member build a hoover Damn. Pretty cool