After spending almost the entire spring/summer working on getting our house painted and restoring our crumbling back porch, I finally had the time to get the railroad in shape. There was just enough time to run a test train and take a bunch of photos with my phone before the rain moved in. Sorry no photos of the top end of the RR 
Here, the test train is on West Escape` Bridge crossing the patio we restored 2 years ago. A few buildings that made their way up from Ken’s await more permanent homes on the RR…
This shot includes what took me all summer to do: Restore the floor and replace the posts and railings on our back porch. The train is about to enter the gardens at Coal Dump Curve…
The planters are as far as the plants that I rescued from Ken’s layout made it. They look good here, but won’t survive the winter, so I need to get them in the ground or find a place indoors for them before winter…
Coming into Coal Dump Curve. Wall Station and platform have never made it back outside. Maybe next year…
Approaching Indian Hill Bridge…
After traversing the mainline to Pine Summit, then turning on the wye, the train is now heading downgrade across the bridge back into the curve…
In the curve and headed home…
I planned on running a few more trains and getting pictures at the top end, but the weather beat me to it. Tornado warning was just issued, so I’m signing off to duck and cover 
