Hedley Junction

[sailormatlac]

Hi folks!

It's been a while. I thought I would do a lot of model railroading during last Holidays but finally I was full time on home improvement. We started to work again on the layout last week.

Most efforts are now on improving the track and electrical reliability before we move on doing scenery work. It included replacing a problematic pair of S-curves and a #6 turnout:



Also, we reworked the hole in the wall adjoining the layout and the furnace room. It expands the scene about 4 more feet.



The new scene will represent Brique Citadelle that was located west of the cement plant.





Finally, I started to build a sizeable fleet of roofless boxcars for woodchip service. I use old MDC shell and various TIchy and Accurail parts. So far, I'm building ten of them. Most have distinctive features representing well the fact their were modified by different shops.

Most of them were in use in Eastern Quebec well into the early 1980s.





Matt