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As is usual with me, I have been negligent in updating this page. Life keeps getting in the way of what I want to do.

I haven’t accomplished much on the railroad lately, I did draw up some ACI labels and will be installing them on a few pieces of equipment soon (I hope).

The latest accomplishment was the removal of a tree in front of the upper reverse loop. It was blocking my view of the holding block in the loop. When I planted the trees along the tracks 7 or so years ago they were small enough to not block the view, but over time they got bigger (how dare they) and I had to remove one. It’s buddy had a lot of dead branches on the side where I removed the tree, so I trimmed those branches off and pruned the tree to be a more even shape. To my surprise I created a nice little niche to photograph trains.

I have done some repairs to my barn, and hopefully I will build the barn doors and pour the foundation so I can plant the thing. Its only been mostly built and in storage for years so maybe its time to finally finish it.

I did install the new power supply, I have to fiddle with it each time I fire it up, but that is just a mild annoyance. It has been so darn hot here lately that I haven’t been out running trains much anyway. Hopefully the temps will get back to something more comfortable and I will get back to working on the railroad a bit more.

A quiet day of running trains turned into a major project on the Horsebucket & Bryantville RR.

It started out as a normal day with New Haven Center Cab 529.5 taking the area residents for an excursion.

Its surprising what happens when an engineer falls asleep a log can become a major catastrophe!

An aerial view from an Air Force Helocopter.

A passing Canadian Pacific Geep stopped to ask if it could be of service.

The conductor listens to his orders….You want to do what?

Well lets just wait a minute here this must be a coordinated effort!

The Canadian Pacific Arrives .

We need to work together.

With a little lift from an Air Force Helecopter and a little pull from Canadian Pacific’s Geep 9 the excursion is on the rails again!

June and the Chihuahua Desert is in Bloom:

The mule-ear cactus are filled with new blooms, as well as the red yucca, the cholla, and all the other varieties of cactus that bloom here in the spring.

The spotty afternoon thunderstorms haven’t put a damper on operations, but distractions do take their toll:

In perhaps the most spectacular crash in the history of the BC&M, the UP northbound freight dropped the back-half of its consist, only to meet up with it again on the next loop, sending cars flying from both sections. All it took was a phone call to create the distraction. How come these things never happen with you’re WATCHING!!!

This picture shows the UP/SP double header crossing the Hofsheier Bridge and heading to Gracie Mae Pass before a stop in Cloverville, Nebraska.