Good things come in narrow packages

[Steve]

Greg, you must have had to go back quite a few pages to dig this thread up   .

Well.......I have really not done much of anything, and I was beginning to think about tearing it down. As of right now, I have decided to start back up and see if I can finish the layout. Only about 4 feet or so left anyway. I miss continuous running and I think that issue may be the biggest reason that my interest keeps waning. I have my next building picked out, but I thought that I would do a "small" project to get me back in the swing. I decided to do the Jodan Steam crane kit I bought for the eventual scrap yard:


Probably not a good way to get my feet wet. Lots of tiny parts, less than ideal instructions.....did I mention tiny parts? Plus thread for the cables (what could possible go wrong?)   .


I have managed to get the tracks and platform together:


And a cable motor:


It is during projects like this that I wish I modeled in O-scale  
I will update as I go