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A few things happened this year that caused us to do some major construction  First and foremost is the restrictions this stupid virus put out there.  We cant have open houses so we decided to do some major construction on the layout  We also received a donation of some expertly built craftsman kits that are unbelieveable.  We wanted these buildings to be out front so they are easily seen but far enough away from little hands to not break them   So what we did was relocate the whole refinery  If you never saw our refinery it took up a space of 8 feet x 30 feet.  We sold some pieces of our coal mine to make room for the refinery  This is what the refinery looked like before the move

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The refinery is on the right side of this waterway  You can see there is a wall about 8 inches tall  Many of the new buildings are waterfront buildings so we needed more water  The section of 12 feet by 7 feet to the right of this waterway were lowered to make the water level even with this

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We started laying out the buildings  This will give you an idea of where they are going and what they look like  This is a work in progress and will be finished off as we go

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@L.I.TRAIN posted:

Cant wait to see this in person. BTW did you require any changes major or Minor to the track work?

Steve :-)

The main lines remained intact   We had to remove all of the coal mine sidings to make room for the refinery modules.  We also used to have a loop and siding within the refinery that we had to remove   There will be about four sidings in the new area when we are done  Probably about two sidings in the refinery  Have to lay it out yet

Looking forward to TrainStock 2022........

Peter

A couple of years ago, I vowed to stop "waiting until next year" regarding a lot of places I want to visit.  Between Covid, health issues among our brethren, shop closures, and other factors, I'm glad I started to accelerate those visits.  Unfortunately, Trainstock is one that I continued to push until "next year".  That's going to change as soon as possible.

@coach joe posted:

Paul, I fled the joys of winters that got too cold, snow that needed to be shoveled and taxes that had become unbearable.  I will miss three hobby shops and two or three other train outlets being in a half hour drive

@Apples55 posted:

Joe;

You fled the joys of Lawn-guy-land???

Joe- I'm still here and can't wait to get out. Congrats on a successful escape.

Bob

@CurtisH posted:

Outstanding layout and buildings. Never heard of Trainstock but definitely will investigate. I HAVE to see this in person!

Trainstock is an annual all-day gathering (in pre-pandemic times) of forum members at the club to socialize, run trains, eat and drink.   Guests are welcome to bring their own trains to run on the layout as well.   It is usually held on the 3rd or 4th Saturday in January - whichever falls around the 20th.  Just search the forum for 'Trainstock' or go to the photos page on our website for pics.  Needless to say the entire club can't wait for the pandemic to end.

-Greg

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