Rich, well, I do work through the winter, but shop isn't heated and we get a lot of rain here in the PNW, so it's kind of sporadic as far as track work goes. I had hoped to be done by fall, then start in on rebuilding my old 1904 steam engine this winter. But the trestle has soaked up three months now, so Iam a bit behind in my schedule. Plus it just snowed today in Seattle, with 3" expected by the morning - for the first time in early November in maybe 800,000 years - woops, not true, I forgot the Pleistocene - the last ice age, that glaciated Seattle 15,000 years ago, or so - it must have snowed then. So no telling what conditions will be over the next few months.
Bobshoppy Track length is fairly short - Iam planning on the main line being a loop around the backyard of about 500', plus maybe couple of hundred feet for a siding and the rail car yards next to the shop.
I've been looking for a one mile right of way, in some regional park, or the national forest, but so far to no avail. There are a couple of nonprofit veterans groups locally that do land conversation and some therapy farming for War Veterans. They may be interested in helping create a non profit miniature RR, to teach machining and outdoor conservation and agriculture skills, but finding a proper ROW is a challenge.
Glenn
