Category Archive: Hope Valley Station

Nov 02

Last Run on the Wood River Branch

Well, after some more time and a little work on the railroad, I decided the best course of action was to move the layout on to a new owner.  If you have been following the blog for awhile, you may have read that my space situation has changed in the last few months and I …

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Jul 02

Re-Design of the Railroad

It has been a few months since I’ve been able to have a chance to work on the railroad.  During this time, the railroad has found a new home.  Unfortunately, it is smaller than the space I had previously.  This means that the layout will be shrinking a bit and going through a redesign. After …

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Feb 02

A Look Around the Railroad

With so little time to post in January during the lead up to the Springfield show, I thought it would be appropriate to take a look at how the modules look now.  Many of the modules have at least received some basic scenery along with the trackwork.  Here is where the layout is at today: …

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Dec 19

Building Corner Modules

In an early post about the benchwork design, I mentioned that I would discuss the design and construction of the corner modules when I started working on them.  Well that point is now as this week I finally managed to complete assembly on all four modules.  I had spent the last couple of months cutting …

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