Remaking of the Ridley Keystone & Mountain

[tompm]

I know it has been awhile since I posted. For the last few months I have been concentrating on weathering rolling stock in order to reduce the height of the Wall of Trains. Now that I am down to the last couple of RTR cars to weather it is time to get working on the layout again.

The last few nights I have removed the mountain behind the Farm House and Grain Elevator.









Next will be removing some pieces of foam that are stained. I do not know what the stains are. They could be from the water problem as in some places the water did leak through the floor. Since I do not know what they are, the sections will be removed and replaced. After that it will be time to expand the width of the layout. In order to run with 24 inch curves I need at least 65 inches so that the track is not running on the edge. The current width is 58 at this end and 66 at the other end.

I won't start removing track until I am ready to relay it. I want to keep running trains as long as I can.