2024 10 03 CB&Q V5 Monthly Update #59

This is layout construction update #59, for October 3rd, 2024, on my HO Scale model railroad layout.
In this update I re-letter the second Blueline Mikado, put finishing touches on the staging yard control system, added new fascia at Thermopolis and finish painted the fascia panels at the end of the Wind River Canyon peninsula, painted the Thermopolis track and the skyboard, and modified and installed one of the tunnel portals in the canyon.
In this month's Cronkite Segment I talk about the very beginnings of the Version 2 of the layout back in 2002 and 2003.

The layout represents the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad and the Chicago & North Western Railway in central Wyoming during the timeframe 1930-1945. The layout is all steam except for the Doodlebugs that were used in passenger service between Casper and Lander. Model locomotives include Proto 2000, Broadway Limited, Spectrum and Bachmann.
The layout features Fast Tracks turnouts and fully weathered rolling stock. All mainline curves are superelevated. The layout is multi-deck with nearly nine scale miles of mainline track. One of the key scenic features is a twenty-plus foot long representation of the Wind River Canyon near the center of the state.
The layout is run by a radio NCE Power Pro DCC system, augmented with wi-fi using a Wifitrax WFD-31 and TCS UWT-50 throttle.
Backdrops are panoramic photos of the actual locations around the state. Track arrangements in most towns on the layout are based on Sanborn maps of the towns in the 1930's and 1940's. Industries, with only one or two exceptions, are representative of actual industries that existed in each town during my modeled period.
This series of videos is published monthly on the 3rd.

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Chapters:
00:00 Titles & Intro
01:00 BLI Blueline Mikado Re-Lettering
01:17 Finishing Touches on the Staging Yard Controls
02:33 Fascia at Thermopolis and the Peninsula
06:00 Painting the Track at Thermopolis
06:56 Painting the Thermopolis Skyboard
07:40 Wind River Canyon Tunnel Portal
09:38 Outro
10:52 The Cronkite Segment