I’ll start.
I’ve been working for two plus weeks whipping the railroad back into shape after being all but neglected for several years. I finished up the ballasting job this morning after repairing some of the rocks that had come unglued at Coal Dump Curve. Once that was finished, I ran a few trains and took a ton of pictures (over 200). I managed to weed that down to 30 that do a good job of showing off the RR. So without further ado, here a double headed passenger train passes the new planter…
And rounds Coal Dump Curve heading up-grade…
Across Indian Hill Bridge…
And stops for water at Pine Tank…
Entering Deep Cut…
And backing down the wye …
After a trip around the wye, the passengers are given a look at Fred’s Tomb…
Passing Walk Landing headed for Walk Crossing…
Backing down the West leg…
And after making one more trip around the wye, heading back down grade at Indian Hill Junction…
Across Indian Hill Bridge again…
And into Coal Dump Curve downgrade…
Scrooge McDuck approves of the new passenger consist…
But the Candlewood Valley is still a freight railroad, if only for show. Here The #8 & #4 duo handle a long freight consist past the planter…
Through Coal Dump Curve and and across Indian Hill Bridge…
Stopping for water at Pine Tank where #8 will cut off and run around the wye light to split the train in two to get around the short wye tails…
Then #4 pulls the first section around the wye…
And #8 shoves the second section around to build a push-pull…
#8 ran around the wye light one more time to take position at the head of the train for the trip downgrade…
At Coal Dump Curve…
And past the planter again heading home. The few plants from Ken’s that survived the winter in the basement are all looking great along with some annuals added for color…
Tomorrow we fly out to see my youngest and his family outside Denver. The railroad will be without maintenance for at least 3 weeks, so I expect most of the weeds to be back when we return 
