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Activity

Time for the J&B to end! I find myself overwhelmed by the maintenance needed.

Fixed some links. Added article on Reefer published in the Summer 2020 Garden Railways.

I THINK the conversion is complete! 169 pages and 3,661 images. Now to publish!

Added BS Ops 2019.

Added 2019 to Layout through the Years.

Added Dead Rooster Gulch Monument.

Conversion is tedious! Over 100 pages and over 800 photos...not done yet.

I bought an iMac in September, so started a conversion to EverWeb - a Mac site builder.

Added TrainOps 2019.

Added 2018 to "Layout ->Through the Years".

Added Ken Ops (KOPS) for 2018 & 2019.

Attempted to use another counter. Did NOT succeed!

Operation on the BS RR in Illinois for 2018.

Re-did the visitor counter as the old one was NOT working.

Added the 17th Anniversary LSC boxcar.

Added 2017 to "Layout -> Through the Years".

Created a viaduct to replace an old rotting trestle and bridge.

An article about my "brass critter" was published in April 2018 Garden Railways.

An article about Matheson Textiles was published in December 2017 Garden Railways.

Added 2016 to "Layout -> Through the Years".

Added BS RR Ops 2017.

Added TrainOps 2017.

Scratch built a replacement for Brunt Interchange.

An "Operations Quality" boxcar.

Added the Firehouse.

Added TrainOps 2016.

Added American Invasion 2016.

Added 2015 to "Layout -> Through the Years".

Added my firetruck that I actually completed in 2015.

Creaded a building in the Nashoba Valley, made for Bob McCown's RR.

Added BS RR Ops 2015.

Added 2014 to "Layout -> Through the Years".

Added TrainOps 2015.

Added Chandler Furniture, a 1/29 building for the Bluestone Southern RR.

Added American Invasion 2015.

An article about my Mikado was published in June 2015 Garden Railways.

Completed Strong & Son Groceries.

Added a section for BS RR Ops in Events.

Updated Articles List. The Bank was published in December 2014 Garden Railways.

Added American Invasion 2014.

Completed "3 Shops".

Added a scratch built reefer.

Added visits to Jim Strong's Woodland Railway.

Added my 25 ton industrial locomotive.

I have redone most of the site! (Major redesign)

Added the Sludge Works, an industry I built for Fred Mills in Canada.

Added the Rosseau Hotel, a building flat for Doug Matheson in Canada.

Switched from NetObjects Fusion to WebsiteX5 Evolution after update wouldn't work!

Added Bucket Coaling station.

Added Clarke & Clarke, Attorneys at Law.

Added J. Radder 5 & 10 cent store.

Added TrainOps under events.

Added my RS-3 as a "visiting" locomotive.

Added American Invasion 2013.

Added American Invasion 2012.

Consolidated all published articles to a single page.

Added KVRY 2011.

Completed 4 ET&WNC hoppers, all built from scratch.

Article "Build an observation car end rail" published in June 2011 Garden Railways.

Added C.M Oates Furniture.

The Miracle Chair Factory meets an untimely end.

Added Buchanan Tool & Die, a scratch built structure.

Added a boxcar lettered for the Candlewood Valley Scenic Railway.

Reworked KVRY under events, and added 2009 and 2010.

Added Brunt Interchange to Railroad Property.

Added Mills Fuel (completed in August 2010)

Added boxcars for Thames Valley and Bluestone Southern.

Added my Long Caboose.

Completed a scratch built boxcar letterd for the Bluestone Southern.

Completed the Cameilia - a parlor car.

Complete my Mikado

An article on making "Removable Loads" was published in December 2009 Garden Railways.

Added a scratch built boxcar lettered for the Kaskaskia Valley Railway.

Added a section for my 1:20 Mikado (actually started in April)

Added American Invasion 2009.

I rebuilt my Ten Wheeler after a wreck destroyed the cab and other parts.

Added a scratch built ventilated boxcar.

Yard Office, a scratch built structure publish in April 2009 Garden Railways.

Update my Tank Cars to show all of my tank cars, with a separate page for GRAMPS.

Added Goodson Hardware and Golding's Cafe - a set of scratch built structures.

Added McCown Freight and a page on our visit to the Kaskaskia Valley Railway.

Added Salmons Produce, a scratch built structure.

My article on building Gladhands was published in the October 2008 issue of Garden Railways.

Re-worked the caboose page, and added a section on building a logging caboose from scratch.

Added a page on building glad hands that work.

Belatedly added pictures from various trips: Eastern RR, CCR, and POC.

Added pictures from the American Invasion 2008.

Added a scratch built bank.

My Turntable article was published in April 2008 issue of Garden Railways. Rearranged events section.

Completed a refrigerator car lettered for the Port Orford Coast.

Completed a motor car based on a Bachmann Rail Truck model.

Rebuild my light inspection car using a Stomper base.

Added a page on turning my Bachmann Ten Wheeler into a 1:20 Mogul.

"How to build a boxcar" published in August 2007 Garden Railways.

Details for constructing an all-steel boxcar.

My Switch Stand article was published in the June 2007 issue of Garden Railways.

Added some pictures of my live steam Shay.

Completed Matheson Textiles.

Started work on Matheson Textiles, scratch built using acrylic.

Re-did the rolling stock section and added some new boxcars and construction details.

Boxcab article if published in Garden Railways.

Scratch built a turntable.

Added Switch Stand page.

Updated the Bridges and Trestles Page.

Trestle and Layout Progress update.

Added a page for the American Invasion of 2006.

A look at redesigning for operations.

Started a box cab diesel project.

Posted my "Ten Wheeler" pictures.

Built a light inspection car.

Started on a 1:20 "Ten Wheeler".

Started a 4-wheel caboose project.

Some Summer shots.

Added Rolling Stock Carrier.

Added RGS East visit.