Had a good time this weekend enjoying all things railroading. First, I was invited to operate on
@SAH great layout, which was a real joy to learn switching operations on. Here's my switch run returning to the yard in front of the General Tire building.
The following day I went to Monroeville, Ohio, where there's a nice ex-NYC depot restored as a trailhead for the Northcoast Inland trail. I was doing some homework for an upcoming module based on the NYC Norwalk Branch with a great local historian. He showed me track charts of the line and elaborated on the exhibits inside the depot about local railroad history. The place is worth a gander if you're in the area on a Sunday. Anyway, I got a double dose of AC&Y this weekend, as I was invited to inspect a relocated depot in someone's backyard just out of town!
As for personal modeling, I started putting together my Showcase Miniatures NYC tri-lights. Here's the mast that will be in the middle of my Hiles Tower layout. Fingers crossed, I didn't kink the magnet wire too much, and the signals can be animated next month when I exhibit the layout in Altoona.
