Week 251

Week 251

Sunday, May 19, 2019 thru Saturday May 23, 2019

Sunday, May 19, 2019

No Train activity today.

Monday, May 20, 2109

Train Day!

Rob Fair wasn't able to make it tonight - car problems.

Jordan stopped by for about 30 minutes.

Jordan Osborn stopped by to say, "Hi".
Peace Out!

Since Rob Fair wasn't able to come, I thought I'd work on getting the prototype pictures in place around the layout.

I also added the street lights to the I290 I294 overpasses.

More prototype pictures to be used when the time comes to add these details to the layout.

Melrose Park city block I'm modeling.

Kedzie Avenue

Western Avenue

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Special Guests this afternoon: John & Susan Rodgers and their grandson, Beckett Rodgers.

Welcome Beckett and Mimi!

Mimi standing close by for safety first!

Beckett wanted to run the Amtrak so here he is admiring the train as it goes by.

And the Metra as it runs by...

I asked Beckett to point to the work we did this afternoon.

Jan and John join the party.

Here we are putting in the cross walk.
Beckett said we can't stop at the station since the passengers couldn't cross the tracks.
So I said, "Let's put in the crosswalk."
So we did.

Beckett has great fine motor skills.

Yep, that's what we did!
Good job, Beckett!

Here we are watching a freight and a metra commuter pass each other on the elevated tracks.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Updating calendar log.

Thursday, May 23, 2019

No train activity today.

Friday, May 24, 2019

I worked on Chicago Downtown streets & sidewalks.
The following photos show the progress I made tonight.

These streets and sidewalks are are in place with tape.
I'm about to remove everything and put down grout for adhesive.

First section removed ready for grout.

Grout in place ready to put in street and sidewalk sections.

Streets and sidewalk sections in place for first section.

Moving north on Clinton Avenue.
One section at a time.

More streets and sidewalks more grout.

We're going all the way to the end.

Final grout layer ready for streets and sidewalks.

What I wanted to accomplish tonight is now complete.

Saturday, May 25, 2019
Rob Fair came over today (5-6:30pm 1.5 hrs.) to work on the RR

Getting ready to get started...

We cleared the way and then put down the grout.

An action video of Rob at work...

Length: 00:00:22 sec.

Putting each part in piece by piece.

We've turned the corner and started on the Union Station entrance on Canal St.

Coming to the end of the line.

Laying down the final pieces.

And there you have it.
We just need to finish Jackson Avenue.