Week 577

Sun, Aug 17, 2025 thru Sat, Aug 23, 2025

Sun, Aug 17, 2025

Working on Video Layout Update

See Blog 576 Saturday's entry

Mon, Aug 18, 2025

Train Day!

w/Rob Fair 6-8pm 2 hrs.

also, my brother, Bill's Bday today!

Finished completing the maintenance
logs for all my new purchases

Tonight we will collect all the cars at the Melrose
Park Industrial Park

We will also take the new cars with the cars picked
up at the Industrial Park for a test run

Finishing up putting all the cars in proper locations

Just a few more to finish and we'll call it a night

To see tonight's session in action check out the Weekly Layout Update Video in Saturday's entry

Tue, Aug 19, 2025

My wife, Jan's Bday today!

No train activity today 😉

Wed, Aug 20, 2025

No train activity today.

Thu, Aug 21, 2025

Updating paperwork.

Deciding where to use the new locomotives.

Also placing new rolling stock in proper places and updating Cars in Consist paperwork.

Fri, Aug 22, 2025

Visit to Tom Stover's Elburn IL

At the east end of Denver Yard

"Bean time"
Break time on the Railroad
around the circle starting from the left:
Alan, Jim, Glynn, Tom, Dave, Bill
not in picture: me
Really good crew! Got a lot done today.

Another view of the Denver Yard this time from
the west end.

Sat, Aug 23, 2025

Final video footage for Weekly Layout Update

Also working on reassignment of locomotives...

Here are the three CNW SD40-2 locomotives which
now make up the C23 MU matchups.

Here's the paperwork I need to adjust to track
the changes.

Click here

to view Weekly Layout Update Video

Duration: 14:29 mins.