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The Wildcat Valley Railway
  • My Love of Model Railroading
  • The Layout
    • A Tour of the Layout
    • The WVR at night
  • Design
    • The Wildcat Valley RR Design Rules
    • Final Track Plan for the WVR
  • Construction
    • Benchwork is the Backbone of the Model Railroad
    • Construction of the Sawmill and Log Pond
    • Rebuilding the Tired Engine Facility
      • Scratch Built Railroad Turntable
      • A New Coaling Tower From out of the Past
    • The Hidden Staging Area
  • Systems
    • The DCC buss is the heart of the layout
    • Block Occupancy Detection on the Wildcat Valley
    • Turnout Control on the WVR
    • Layout Lighting
    • Structure Lighting
    • Using JMRI to Control Trains on the WVR
  • My AP Journey
  • Links
  • WVR Blog
    • Blog Archives

Tag: model railroad

January 19, 2021Uncategorized

2021 Update

Big change for this year, my wife and I have decided to retire, or at least semi-retire, anyway. We will continue to […]

November 17, 2020Uncategorized

Progress Little by Little

I have been quietly working over the last month or so on the layout finishing up my river scene with a wooden […]

August 29, 2020Uncategorized

Just Add Water

I added some gravel, sand, and rock to the riverbed. I tried to vary the textures and colors. This would be somewhat […]

August 9, 2020Uncategorized

Adding Some Color

After finally finishing all the plaster work for the West end “no-lix”, I was finally able to start adding some color to […]

August 1, 2020Uncategorized

The White Mountain and Mystic Falls

The coronavirus has been a terrible thing for the world to endure, I certainly hope some of the vaccines that are being […]

April 10, 2020Uncategorized

Roundhouse

I managed to get the walls erected and a few interior details in place. Ready to add the roof, but it seems […]

April 6, 2020Uncategorized

Various Projects

Well, I’m still working my regular job for the time being, so I have not had as much time to work on […]

March 10, 2020Uncategorized

OK, I’m a little excited…

One aspect of the layout that I have been working on is lighting and with the help of an article on MRH […]

December 24, 2019Uncategorized

Christmas Break

We made some progress this week on the WVR. I’m taking vacation this week and between chores to get ready for our […]

November 25, 2019Uncategorized

Still Laying Sub-roadbed

I’ve been working on the peninsula area for some time – lots of twists and turns. Looks like it’s going to come […]

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