2024 09 03 CB&Q V5 Monthly Update #58

This is layout construction update #58, for September 3rd, 2024, on my HO Scale model railroad layout.
In this update I finally finish the staging yard. I finished re-lettering a BLI Blueline Mikado, added seven cars to the layout, including four Tangent tank cars, three of which were either damaged or had detail parts missing when I removed them from the box, Added a new section to the Worland / Basin backdrop and installed a turntable at Thermopolis.
In this month's Cronkite Segment I talk about three of the model railroaders who had an impact on my own modeling who, sadly, passed away in August.
The layout represents the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad and the Chicago & North Western Railway in central Wyoming during the timeframe 1930-1945. The layout is all steam except for the Doodlebugs that were used in passenger service between Casper and Lander. Model locomotives include Proto 2000, Broadway Limited, Spectrum and Bachmann.
The layout features Fast Tracks turnouts and fully weathered rolling stock. All mainline curves are superelevated. The layout is multi-deck with nearly nine scale miles of mainline track. One of the key scenic features is a twenty-plus foot long representation of the Wind River Canyon near the center of the state.
The layout is run by a radio NCE Power Pro DCC system, augmented with wi-fi using a Wifitrax WFD-31 and TCS UWT-50 throttle.
Backdrops are panoramic photos of the actual locations around the state. Track arrangements in most towns on the layout are based on Sanborn maps of the towns in the 1930's and 1940's. Industries, with only one or two exceptions, are representative of actual industries that existed in each town during my modeled period.
This series of videos is published monthly on the 3rd.

Link to Roy Smith's YouTube channel:
   / @n-scaleunionpacificevansto6569  

Link to Dave Husman's YouTube channel:
   / @rdg2102  

Link to Bernard Kempinski's tribute to Paul Dolkos:
https://usmrr.blogspot.com/2024/08/in...

Link to Model Railroader's tribute to Paul Dolkos:
https://www.trains.com/mrr/news-revie...

My Patreon page:
https://www.patreon.com/user?u=80405798

My website:
http://thecbandqinwyoming.com/

Chapters:
00:00 Titles & Intro
01:15 Staging Yard Control Panel
02:45 Staging Yard Testing
05:27 Adding Cameras to Staging
08:10 Using the Staging Control Panel
10:35 BLI Blueline Mikado Re-Lettering Completion
11:35 Chuck Eckerson
11:52 The Worland / Basin Backdrop
12:35 Tangent Tank Cars Problems
14:05 Other New Cars on the Layout
14:35 Installing the Thermopolis Turntable
16:20 Outro
17:08 The Cronkite Segment
17:28 Roy Smith
18:15 Dave Husman
18:55 Paul Dolkos