The Credit Valley Railway circa 1900

[Will_Annand]

Nice going! I really like that house...the ivy growing up looks great. Is that burlap fabric below the layout? It gives a nice appearance to the layout. Sort of a "natural" look that goes with the country setting of the layout. Nice trestle too!

Herc, thanks.

The building with the Ivy is one of Robin Matthysen's (matthyro) cereal board structures that I inherited when he passed away.

Yes, that is burlap, it is the stuff you put around trees, it is sold in the garden center. I chose it because it has velcro on it so I can keep the skirt together, but still open it and access all the goodies stored under the layout.

As for the trestle, I am not happy with it, it was given to me by one of the fellows in the local model RR club, it would not fit anywhere on his new layout. I will be redoing it to span the entire gap, be the proper height and have the proper opening when I finally decide where the river is going to be.