ALL ABOARD IS REALLY BACK!!

After a two-year absence I have decided to get this blog going again.  I'm still modeling in S Scale and my layout is completed.  Well, "completed" is always a flexible term when it comes to model railroading.  The track and scenery are finished, including a six-foot extension not in the original plan.  The layout operates well and I've added some cars...now up to a total of 20, with more in the works.  Motive power is an NW-2 switcher.  I also have my 25-year-old Rex 0-6-0, but it needs a major overhaul and resides in the roundhouse until I have time to work on it.

Photos will be forthcoming...honest! 

Here's a brief synopsis of my layout.  It's a switching pike, set in the fictional Texas coastal town of Gulf Harbor, somewhere west of Galveston and east of Corpus Christi.  It's April of 1947 (the month and year of my birth). Industry sidings include two rail-served merchandise piers with warehouses, a rail-served coastal barge company dock, a cotton warehouse, lumber company, wholesale grocery warehouse, an oil dealer, maritime supply company, freight house, and team track.