Ric Golding said:
Going for the record! Its a shame he doesn’t have the complete evolution here. It could go all the way back to the first loop by the garage window and the railroad tie retaining wall. Rooster can’t touch this, he was a mere “yoke in a shell”, when it started.
Actually the “first loop” was in the driveway, while the retaining wall was being built.
That was probably around 1989 or so.
Visitors…the sawhorse was to keep people from parking there…
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When the retaining wall was done, it moved from the driveway to behind the house.
And the original Bachmann “Big Hauler” running around the layout.
And eventually that retaining wall had to be replaced and the RR evolved again into this: