More on TXI....

I'm continuing on the Cement plant. I'm thinking that I might try to go ahead and scenic this area and try to finish it as my first sceniced spot on the layout. I'm about ready to get SOMETHING finished on this thing! Anyway, I've been working on scratchbuilding the loading zone of the cement plant.

Here's a photo of the prototype. I've tried to replicate it as best I could.










And here's a shot of the model. This is my first real attempt at a complicated scratch build. So far, it's been hard to find some of the industrial type parts but I'm learning. I've still got a lot of work to do to it but at least I

TXI Cement just South of Artesia...

I've been making some progress on the TXI Cement plant just South of Artesia. Here are a few images of the progress.

Aberdeen Sub in the News

Just after Chrsistmas, Walt Grayson with WLBT news in Jackson, MS stopped by to visit the Aberdeen Sub. He filmed a quick story that aired on WLBT this week. It was a pretty good segment however, I wish he would have left me out of the video and focused more on the trains. There were some much better scenes on the layout that would have looked much better on TV than my ugly mugshot. HA!!