What's New on the PRR Panhandle 2.0?

That's true.  We will have to speak to the Brotherhood, but I don't expect a hard time.  It's 1953 on the Panhandle.  The mill has full employment (13,000!), the Korean War is over, and the good times are rolling!

George

Well Alfred, this is the look I'm going for.

George

     Ahem, well looks can be deceiving.  LOL 

I appreciate the compliment and it's true that when it comes to planning I am organized.  Execution of the actual construction phase tends to be a different matter.  I think of the various construction efforts as sprints, interrupted by an interval of rest, clean-up, and planning.  

I tend to work on a number of smaller things during an actual construction sprint; I flit from thing to thing as progress stalls (for one reason or another - running out of glue, paint, or materials).  Lots of tools get left out for multiple uses while I move from small item to small item.  And because I test-fit items (buildings, signals, car clearances) or mock-up structures, a lot of items are taken out of boxes and left on the layout.  I also make a lot of debris in the construction process.  Recovering from all this is a pretty big effort. 

While building the Open Hearth, the last "sprint" took almost a year.  In the process, the train room and the workshop were a total wreck.  By the end of that build, I was scrounging for any open bench top in which to work.  That cleanup took 2 weeks. 

So there ya' go.  That's the price of progress. 

George