New Residential Area

Just south of Grand Central Station I am putting in a new residential area. To get the ball rolling I built a Mobile Station complete with the flying red horse. I still need to blacktop the ground and add landscaping. Now when the residents move in the can fuel up for the days driving.

Every Town Has At Least One McDonald's

Every town has at least one McDonald's. Now my layout is no exception. It comes complete with the McCafe. Its a great addition to the fast-food row in the downtown area of the layout. Just think I can stop in for my Bigmac and Diet Coke fix as I go through the day.

The Posts Are Slow In Coming For Now

I am getting ready for surgery so I may not be posting as often, at least for the time being. There are a lot of buildings on order for the indoor layout. I will post as soon as I can to let you know how the layout is progressing along.

The Second Ann Arbor GP38 is Down and Needs Repair

It was bound to happen. The GP38 locomotive manufactured by Atlas has stopped working. The last time this happened it was the can motor that just wore out. This looks like the same problem it was running fine one day and the next day it just stopped running. The last time I took it to Brasseur Electric Trains in Saginaw Michigan for repair. It was a bit pricey but the work made up for it. They replaced the motor and it is now running just fine. The need for repair is no surprise to me as I run my trains every day for long periods of time. I hope this time the repair will not take as long as last time.

The Model

The actual locomotive

Work Starts On New Residential Area

As I stated before, I intend to put a residential area to the south of Grand Central Station. The work has begun with the addition of a federal style home as the beginning of this effort. This first house is a product by Woodland Scenics called "Home Sweet Home" stock number BR5036. it is one of their Built & Ready line. The house comes with furniture already on the front porch, a trap door to the cellar, a push lawnmower, a broom, and a propane pig for the yard along with other incredible details.

 
Additional houses and street systems will be added in the future.