Been Awhile

Posting has been sparse due to work and a labor strike.  Apparently the engineers decided that it was too much trouble to work on a railroad that permitted dirty tracks and dirty locomotive wheels.  So they decided to go on strike and simply stop working under those arduous conditions.

Despite attempts to appease them, the strike continued.  Therefore management felt no option but to deal with those issues in true Ronald Regan fashion, we fired the engineers and found some who would be willing to work and not try to break the railroads bank.  Unfortunately the new workers immediately joined the union and the same pressure came on.  So we had to figure out how to resolve the probelms.

After quite some effort, we believe we have found the solution.  Of course the challenge is now being able to get enough gang laborers scrubbing track and engine wheels to meet our desired deadlines.  So far its not looking very good.

In the meantime, we have a pair of pictures that show the state of the RR progress to date.  Excuse the mess - we are actually still very much under construction.

So labor issues resolved (at least in terms of recognizing the problem and working toward a solution) work picked up again.  We are pleased to announce that the corner where the sawmill will be has been (for the most part) senicked and actually looks like real land.  While there is a bit more landscaping and some track ballasting that must be done before the next stage, for the most part it is complete.

Of course the challenge is that it will be "lost" in the corner once the tunnel and mountain are installed in front of it.  This is a conceptual photograph of how it will look.

As you can see it sort of "disappears" into the corner.  Train operations to pick up the sawn lumber will have to be observed by looking up the line.

Until next time.

Cheers!