This week, I am working on this:
It’s a standard gauge (4 feet, 8 1/2 inches) flatcar that was converted to narrow gauge (3 feet). Here, we’ve just finished removing the top deck, which was rotten badly.
I keep my camera batteries charged for these excursions, never know what you might see. Sure 'nuf, heard a distinctive whistle in the railroad yard, my favorite locomotive DRG #168, hot after a hiatus to fix its cylinder saddle:
This Sunday, my son and I are going to ride a train behind #168, I’ll post more beautiful pictures of that… 