Seems that there's a lot of Star Trekies out there !  They sure gave my entry a lot of views.

Got my Bachmann Transfer Caboose weathered and put in to work.  A friend of mine used to work in
these cabooses back in the day.  He was definetely impressed with the detail.  He told me they
were all constructed at the "Car Shop" in Desloge, Mo.





More to follow,

Ken

Just gotta love geared steam.

Like them signs, Sheldon.  All those 'little' details really bring the entire scene together.


Ken

Word around the mining complex is that Gene Roddenbarry passed through during part of his time travel.







More to follow.

Ken

Really looking good with all the little fill ins.

You need a 'burn barrel' or two...

Ken

Nice to hear from you Sheldon, thought you might be working too hard or or something.

Just here with a little memo for anybody out there who might need a 'burn barrel' for their
layout.  Save all your #2 wood pencils.  The eraser holder work well when painted.



More to follow,

Ken

That's some nice 'eye candy' you got going Sheldon.  Love them poles ! ! !

Ken

Hey Sheldon,

It's been a while, hope everything's OK.  It'll probably a while before I get anything new up.
At a loss as to what to do next.  That's the norm for me.
looking forward to seeing any updates you may have and the sooner the better.

Ken

Here with a couple of pics of the progress I'm making.







Still a bit of 'fine tuning' and blending in the edges...

More to follow.

Ken

Ask them if they' allow you to work from home.
You never know until you ask.

  Ken

I found this string quite interesting.  Enough so that I found this.

https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/blogs/whats-the-difference-between-oo-and-ho-scale-or-gauge

It appears that only similarity of the two is the track gauge.  The distance between the rails.

HO "SCALE" is 1/87
OO "SCALE" is 1/76.2

So, OO "SCALE" (using HO  scale track) would actually be a 'narrow gauge'.

HTH
Ken

Finally arranged other abandoned buildings on the same spur as the "mystery" building.



There's going to be a small parking lot for 'mystery' employees as well, being
since I just added all those crossings to have access to it.





I still have a bit of leveling and filling in to do.

More to follow.

Ken

I don't have any EZ track  nor that particular engine.  I did have the same problem with a
brass caboose.  Turns out, the screw for the rear truck was backing out enough to 'drag' over
crossings and closure rails causing it to derail.

HTH

Ken

Thanks Terry.  I believe the best of this hobby is impressing an impressive audience !

Got a few new things this time around.

Anybody know what the purpose of a "Blind-end caboose" ?  I thought it was interesting.



Another brass import caboose:



Last but not least, one with interior and running lights.



Thanks for looking, more to follow.

Ken

Edit:  Somehow there was a problem with "disappearing photos" and I had to
       re-upload them.

I remember them being called "transformers".  I believe that was even before
"Power Packs".

Ken