5.16.09

The only work done today was a few new flowers. Rain, Again, Most of the day...........

5.15.09

Today more fill was done on the South West side of Big Rock on the Grade. I used field rock to build up to the tracks. That will give a nice rock wall up past the tracks.

5.14.09

Before the rain started, i got Signal 991 installed on the West Side of Big Rock Curve. The 991 signal is a 3 light signal. An Electric Junction box was installed under the signal for Local wire connections in that area. And then the RAIN..... Started!!

The area around signal 991 is looking like it's gonna be a good place to railfan. It is just past the rocks in the curve and offers a nice level area for some video work or some nice pictures in the curve.

After the Rain stopped, i did get some new videos. I posted them Below...

5.13.09

More fill dirt was moved in today for the Big Rock Area. Worked on ballast in the Big Rock curve. About 75% of the curve has ballast now. Still alot more fill to be done in the Big Rock area to finish this section. Some electric work is schedualed for tomorrow if weather permits..

5.12.09

Alot of work got done today at Big Rock. The new 8' section was filled with dirt. The Feed Mill Office was set into place with some landscaping around the office done. Also one "temp" retaining wall was removed as it was no longer needed. Still alot of Fill needed at Big Rock before this area is finished up. I am posting pictures of the office area below.

5.11.09

Today i didn't have alot of time to work on the RR. About all i got done late today was some fill around Big Rock Curve. Still waiting for the ground to dry out so i can do some heavy filling.

5.10.09

Another 42' of track down and tested yesterday afternoon, all worked well. The grade out of Cheerytree to Big Rock was a bit more than i really wanted. Most of the Grade was 2.5%, one 8' section turned out to be 3.5%. However, this will offer some realistic operating challenges with long loaded trains. I pulled the Grade with 17 cars, A Dash 9-44 CW up front and a U25-B at mid-train and it did ok. For longer trains, at least one more Dash 9 will be needed.

We are forecast good weather this week, with any luck i plan on moving dirt for fill around the Big Rock area. Pluming for the sprinkler system is scheduled for sometime this week also. The new 42' of track is going to require 4 water dranage pipe, they will be installed Tue: morning.