Yes to change the subject...Train News!

Two whole mountains where leveled and two new ones sprouted up in their place. After making progressively better scenery I demolished some older mountains and made new ones. The G&GRR is operating flawlessly with Mikes old Athearn engine. It runs slicker than snot and all the rolling stock is working perfectly too.
The SP&S is still in negotiations with G&G RR to use their Portland line. The Northern Pacific is not such a stick in the mud, they will start serving Gregg Junction very soon. Northern Pacific passenger service is on its way! The NP was started by order of the President (Lincoln) back in 1864. By 1883 it was completed and ran between Minnesota and Portland then up to Tacoma. Eventually the NP was absorbed, in 1970, along with the Burlington, Great Northern, and SP&S into the Burlington Northern RR.
In 1996 Burlington Northern merged with AT&SF to become Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway. It was one of the 4 last serviving transcontinental railroads in the United States. It currently has direct control over 50,000 miles of track making it the second largest rail network in the US after the Union Pacific.


G&GRR got rid of the old Bachmann POS transformer. That machines voltage ouput curve sort of looked like a reverse L. It has been replaced with an MRC 1370. This unit uses solid state technology to control the current not a little wire on a coil. This should mean far smoother train operations for all locos.

Of course this means that G&GRR is now turning its attention to the electrical situation of the layout.

Problem 1: Wiring under layout is a big mess.
Problem 2: Blocks are non-existant.
Problem 3: More stuff like #1 and #2


Here is the current G&GRR layout in all its trackiness.