2024 11 03 CB&Q V5 Monthly Update #60

This is layout construction update #60, for November 3rd, 2024, on my HO Scale model railroad layout.
In this update I talk about some small tasks I completed on the layout, a loco I dropped on the floor, several ebay purchases I made in the month, the October 22nd operating session, and how this was nearly the last update for this layout.
In this month's Cronkite Segment I talk about the CB&Q in Wyoming Version 2 in 2004.

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.

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My website:
http://thecbandqinwyoming.com/

Chapters:
00:00 Titles & Intro
01:00 Loco on the Floor!
01:55 Bad and Good Ebay Purchases in October
06:15 A Mikado Given to Me by a Friend
06:50 Loco Work to be Done
07:40 The Timber Tunnel Portal
08:20 Preparing for and Hosting the Operating Session
11:20 After the Session / Work at Powell
11:45 A New House (and Layout)?
12:42 Outro
13:20The Cronkite Segment