WELCOME

Welcome to my blog site dedicated to my model railroad. Over the past few years I have been trying to get a model railroad up and running but due to size limitations I have had to either move or relocate them.

Last winter I was able to finish repainting the finished portion of my basement and put new flooring in. With that, I had the idea to move my layout to that side of the basement. After a few configurations that would prove beneficial, I decided to install the layout on a 16 foot wall section of my basement. I thought about making a larger "L" shaped layout, but I wanted to have a  simple switching layout that would cut down on track installation, and focus more on modeling and running trains.

After having the basics installed, I then decided to begin researching what I wanted to era and scheme to model. I narrowed down my choice to the modern era. After some though, and some more research into which railroad to model, I decided to do a freelance/proto-free lance model railroad. I didn't want to focus on any Class 1 railroads because it seems like everyone does those, and I wanted to be different. I continued my search and decided on making a short-line railroad and base the scheme off of the Great Lakes Central Railroad. I picked up an undecorated Atlas GP40 and decided to repaint it. Well work got in the way, however it didn't stop me from doing more research. One night it clicked. I thought about a crazy idea and it was something I wasn't sure how it would be taken.

My idea was to model a branch line of a fellow model railroader's existing free lanced layout. I always admired this modeler, and his layout. The layout I am referencing is Kevin Klettke's Washington Northern Port Andrews Tide Flats District. (www.wnrr.net). I reached out to Kevin with the idea of modeling a branch line from his railroad. I received an email back from him saying that he would be honored and that no one has ever approached him before about do this.

Kevin provided me with information about different areas that would come off of the mainline of the Washington Northern. After giving some consideration, I narraowed it down to two locations Humptulips and Aberdeen. After doing some more research on the locations, coupled with the model kits I have, I settled on Aberdeen.

In the coming weeks I will be posting my progress on this layout as well as the progress on painting motive power, rolling stock and construction of the industries. I also plan on posting videos to YouTube as well.

Stay tuned!