Hello 2024!

Hi all. I hope you all had a good final quarter of 2023. It’s been a quite a while since my last post. I’m here to let you know all is well here in Rockville and I’m getting motivated to make more progress on the Railroad.

A couple of weeks ago, I fired up the Railroad and ran a JMRI generated train. it took me 1-1/2 hours to switch 12 cars. Good times! What I did find was that even though the Railroad had just been sitting there, the track had become dirty.

To help solve this issue, I am going to try a technique attempted years ago on the CWI. First, I’ll vacuum the track then clean the track and loco wheels with kerosene as I’ve done in the past. Then I’ll apply a microscopic layer of an antioxidant compound I have that was recommended by Joe Fugate of Model Railroad Hobbyist online magazine. When I tried this years ago, I applied way too much compound and it was a mess. I’ll report back on the results.

Coming soon…I’ve begun working on background building flats. Stay tuned.