This blog is to document the building of a model railroad, the Paducah and Lake Erie. The free-lance design is set in the current time, and meant to replicate the coal-hauling roads of southwestern Pennsylvania. This version of the P&LE is a bridge line that derives its name from my wife's home town (and well known to Illinois Central buffs) and our former long time residence about 50 miles south of Lake Erie.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Paducah Passing Siding Completed


This evening, we completed the last of a number of tasks we set out to accomplish this week when the Paducah passing siding went in, and was checked with trains passing through. That means this week we completely "tuned" the track (and rolling stock that was out) and got everything running smoothly; we completed the four-track, 16-feet long Attica Yard; we put the Paducah passing siding in; got the road bed in for the Heyl Junction passing siding; and cleaned and organized the railroad room. What a help Kenny Heyl was. We even found time to go train watching the first sunny day (Wednesday) and to the hobby shop. Whew! The photo above is from Wednesday and is from a new spot (for me): Geyer Road and the UP crossing in Kirkwood, just west of Kirkwood's historic station.
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