Happy Friday!
Busy week on the layout. Made a bunch more changes. Decided to get a few more realistic buildings & replace the Plasticville. New signals & crossing signals arrived as well. The farm is being relocated at request of my cow/horse crazy kids to a new spot w/ a new Woodland Scenics barn & more grazing area for the cows.
While not a big fan of 60's Lionel, I do have a few items from that decade. 230 C&O FA-2 leads 1961 set 1643 through the rural countryside 
Decided to keep the 132 station ( albeit in repainted form) as I needed something to tie in w/ PW Lionel. It was relocated close to it's original spot, but I added a spur on the rear for REA shipments. With the layout of the station, it works well. The new signals stand guard looking north.
Built a small hill to act as a scenic block between the 2 tracks 
few more shots of the station & hill - 
Added an MTH farm house in the back corner. Having a farm house was on my list of must haves. 
With the land left vacant from the farm move, urban development quickly moved in & added a road & country post office. The grain bin & corn field will stay put however. 
2046 gets a highball as she pulls out of the station w/ a set of 2400 series Pullmans. 
My new kitten Beto loves hanging out when I'm working on the layout & running the trains 
Lorenzo & Lucia watching some trains in TN - 
A chilly Fall morning finds NS SD60E 7017 (ex NS SD60 6640) departing Roanoke's South Yard with coal train 820
NS AC44C6M 4074 hustles the NS geometry train westbound through Richland, PA on the Harrisburg Line
NJT ALP46 4627 leads a mid day local bound for Long Branch through Red Bank, NJ on the North Jersey Coast Line
NS ET44AC 3630 brings a westbound coal train through Glen Lyn, VA on the western end of the Christiansburg District
My last train photo of 2018 was a good one! A pair of ex Conrail EMDs lead a short local past Jersey Pike in Chattanooga, TN on the last day of 2018.
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