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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
May 1, 2025May 1, 2025Uncategorized

Update for 2025

I thought I’d give a quick update on my activities so far this year. I have been pretty lazy about updating the […]

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022Uncategorized

2022 Update

Well, I have been a little remiss in keeping my blog up to date. There has been much happening since my 2021 […]

August 21, 2022August 25, 2022Uncategorized

Hello world!

I have Just moved this Blog over from WordPress.org. Working to figure out some of the new functionality. Please excuse the mess! […]

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 […]

July 1, 2020Uncategorized

Work Continues (cont’d)

Work is progressing on the west end non-helix (nolix). The Masonite facia is in place. That stuff is some of the messiest […]

June 25, 2020Uncategorized

Work Continues

This month work is progressing on the WVR, a little slower due to the nicer weather outdoors, though. I just finished installing […]

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