With a Raspberry Pi in the train shed that’s connected to my network, I could easily attach a webcam and be able to “see” the layout even when I’m trapped in my basement office. I decided to go for it:

All those bags in the far background are the dirt from my birthday that I haven’t finished spreading around yet.

There was some heavy ice/snow while were were gone over Christmas break

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Just finished updating this for (hopefully) the last time. This incorporates all the changes from my original plan–the not-a-wye, adding straights to my revers curve, one less siding in town–and shows the current state of the track, at least. Most of the other scenery is there, too. The only big thing left is the mountain.

Just bought this little goody off eBay.

I’ve read some posts on the various train forums that this can be a really useful tool for building structures, making rolling stock, and generally fiddling around. We’ll see how it goes.

Here are a couple images of the layout at night

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There are lots of things happening in the G Scale world here at DanzBB. I’ve made more progress on the Neqida passenger cars–they’re all painted, pinstriped, and I’ve put on metal wheel sets. I’ve also installed track power pick-ups in two of them, along with voltage regulators so I can get 5v for the LEDs.
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It’s a funny thing–I got into garden railroading here in central Kansas, a couple hundred miles from the nearest big city–but it turns out that there’s a neat store “near” here in Wichita called Garden Railway Gizmos that carries plenty of large scale stuff. The owner, Claudia, is knowledgeable, friendly, and always a pleasure to do business with. If you happen to be in this area, you should check it out: