2018 photos

I haven't been working on the layout too much lately. Though, I have been working on bits and pieces here and there.We've had a very hot summer and it has often been too warm in the garage to work on the layout.

The heat also caused some expansion of the rails. All my rails are soldered together for electrical conductivity. Because the rails had no room to expand they kinked in several places around the layout. It wasn't really a problem, however, I noticed that some of my more temperamental rolling stock started having more derailments.

Now that the temperature has returned to normal, the trains are behaving themselves again and operations are more enjoyable.

At the start of each year, I usually take some photos of the layout. I often use helicon focus to stack several images together to get a greater depth of field. I've been working on a few today so here they are.

Leviathan hauls are passenger train out of the redwood grove and into Erewhon Tunnel

Leviathan hauling her passenger train through the redwood grove

A family waits for their passenger train.

Firefly simmers in Erewhon yard under the silent mountain peaks.