The model railroad I’ve been building in my middle school classroom has been more or less frozen in time since students went home due to Covid last March. Teaching remotely was and remains a tremendous challenge for all parties involved, and when most students started returning to campus a few months ago the transitions and complications were even more challenging, taking a big toll on my outlook for my unique circumstances of being able to leverage my hobby interests in my professional life. 

Hello there

Greenstar is back

i found a very unique way to use fidget spinners on a model railway 

I ran into the unique issue while planning out an armoured railcar in HO scale, that I need the three turrets to be able to rotate, and I realized that the ball barrings on Fidget spinners could work to allow the turrets to rotate

i will post photos when I get to the construction phase as well

This is a pretty neat video showing some basic operations concepts graphically.  

Randy

The tie gangs have finished the main track on Phase II between Birdsboro and Coatesville.  All the main track is tied, plus the sidings and the majority of industry trackage.  There are still a few industry tracks to get planned out, but they aren't essential to start operations.  All the ties have been sanded and restained.

Monday, 4/6, the ballast gangs report for duty and with any luck, later this week rail gangs will start laying rail.