It's Thanksgiving Day in Maple Valley. How can there be a scandal hanging over town when it's time to stir a sense of thankfulness for all the good things that people enjoy and take for granted? If only for a day, the folks who are still very worried about Sylvia Meisner are stepping back to …
Continue reading Scandal at Maple Valley – Episode 18: Thanksgiving Day
I really hate to say this, but life has moved on in Maple Valley. Sylvia Meisner has been missing for five months. All the arguing has stopped, thankfully. The summer tourist season everyone looked forward to has ended. The Founders Day Celebration now seems forgotten. The Old General is being prepared to take visitors to …
Continue reading Scandal At Maple Valley – Episode 17: Death in Maple Valley
The Maple Valley Short Line RR is now operational. I can successfully run two trains simultaneously on two long lines. The outer loop rises to four inches at 2% starting at the Maple Valley River Bridge. The inner line completes a circuit by passing through two tunnels, crossing the Maple Valley River, and winding through …
Continue reading Wiring the Maple Valley Short Line – Part 2
The Maple Valley Short Line is the largest HO scale model railroad I have ever built. My first was a free standing reverse-dogleg L-shaped layout. It was a learning experience, as all layouts are. I took it apart and moved it twice before finally cutting it apart for the last time. My second model railroad …
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A Coffee State of Mind 