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May 18, 2012 – Out of Limbo! After talking to a fellow model railroader Michael Rose I have decided to continue work on the railroad even facing the possibility that we might sell our home. I enjoy the work and that enjoyment won’t be “retracted” if we do sell the house and I have to tear down the railroad. Stay tuned for upcoming progress!
April & May, 2012 - Limbo….that’s what I’m in. With the house up for sale I’ve stopped building on the Richlawn Railroad but I haven’t stopped wanting to model. Sure, I can get sort of a “fix” on MRH forums and watching videos,but I’m still not building. As a result I found that I was actually getting depressed and bored.
What to do? Well, I turned to my good friend and model railroader Kevin Klettke (http://wnrr.net/ ) and asked him for help. Kevin & I have never met, but when I admired one of his signs on his excellent layout he sent me the letters to make a sign for my layout – all at no charge. Since then we have exchanged a number of items and our friendship grew. Now since Kevin lives WAY up North and I live WAY down South the chances of us every meeting aren’t good, but who knows?
Anyway, back to my main story. I asked Kevin if he would allow me to build a structure for his layout as therapy and he said yes! It seems that he already had a structure in mind from his childhood memories – his Grandpa Sam’s house. Kevin purchased the #603 Laser Art(tm) “Reagan House” and sent it to me to build.
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March 12, 2012 – Bad news & good news: The bad: The Richlawn Railroad as you know it will be disassembled as we are moving to Florida as soon as our home sells to be closer to family. The good news: the Richlawn Railroad V2 will start after we get settled in our new home (to be determined). This site will stay active through the process. Thanks to all of you who have been following the progress both here and on the Model Railroad Hobbyist website!
January 21, 2012 - Posted a video of a mini ops session in the alcove area in “Videos”
December 31, 2011 – Added a panoramic image of the Matthews Freight yard and Hoovertown to “Pictures”.
December 27, 2011 - A picture of my very first fascia mounted turnout control was added to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
December 18th, 2011 – Pictures of the right rear alcove hill area were added to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
December 11, 2011 – Check out my cab ride on a REAL GP9! on the Videos page.
December 5, 2011 – Three more images were added to “Proto = the real thing“ I’ll be adding more over time.
November 23, 2011 – A new page was added to photos entitled “Proto = the real thing“
November 15th, 2011 – Pictures of the left rear alcove hill area were added to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
October 17, 2011 – A write up with pictures for our open house on the Piedmont Pilgrimage has been added to “This & That”
September 30, 2011 - A new MP3 background sound (2nd of four) file has been added that is city sounds. “This & That – Downloads”
September 28, 2011 – A new video run through of the layout was posted to “Videos”
September 24, 2011 – Pictures of the mountain construction were added to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
September 16, 2011 – Added pictures show latest progress on the mural to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
September 7, 2011 – A new MP3 background sound file has been added that is city sounds. “This & That – Downloads”
August 15, 2011 – A new download area has been added and MP3 sound files for backshop / roundhouse are available for download at “This & That – Downloads”
August 8, 2011 – Added pictures of fascia to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
August 8, 2011 – Added “Tips” to “How To’s & Tips”
August 1st, 2011 – Yours truly got published in Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine on my background sound article. The picture below is NOT a clickable link, so click on the MRH link at the top of this thread and then download the August 2011 issue.
July 24th, 2011 – Added pictures show latest progress on the mural to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
July 21st, 2011 – Added picture of improved log cabin to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
July 13, 2011 – Added pictures of Log Cabin to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
July 8, 2011 – Added pictures of artist painted mountains on backdrop in “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
July 3, 2011 – Added pictures of artist painted horizon on backdrop in “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
July 1, 2011 – “Two steps forward/one step back” posted to “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
June 24, 2011 – Added a picture of the alcove clouds & horizon under “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
June 9, 2011 – Added a picture of the alcove current state under “Current Projects / Alcove Expansion”.
June 6, 2011 – Posted a video of a run through of the alcove area in “Videos”
