June 7th 2019 

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Burke Mining Layout Concept & Planning 

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Updated November 28th 2013, been a long time between updates, work has taken me on the road the majority of my time, been doing lite maintenance and running the railroad. here is the latest addition a woodburning Mich-Cal 25 ton, a sister to the Oil Burner on the Layout.

Updated June 9th 2013, did a lot of work on fine tuning track, doubleheaded Shay #5 and Shay #20 with a Fully Loaded Log Train around all parts of the layout, the 37 Ton 30 Year Old Kemtron found every flaw that lighter locomotives had no trouble with. After some switch filing and track tuning, things are running quite well. Put the Heisler and Jim's Climax to Bed, left the Shays up in the woods.

Updated June 5th 2013, been working on reliable running and rolling stock, also added a small water tank from a talented local modeler leaving the hobby, couldn't let it go to waste. The smallest power is on the layout a 14 Ton Stearns Heisler and the largest a 37 ton 2 Truck Shay. Still some work to do on the Shay, but it has a tsunami decoder,grandt line drive and weighs in at an astonishing 2# 7 ounces. Should pull just about anything. Those two are joined by a 25 ton Mich-Cal Shay #5 that is a beauty. 2 climaxes and a 18 ton Mich-Cal #2 are left to decode and get running.

Updated May 19th 2013, been very busy doing research on mining expansion as well as working on Locos for the layout, Here is Shay #5 and a Bachmann Stearns Heisler converted to On3 working on the Layout. Added some of the Walthers Scene Master Tuft Grass to the yard area. I think the darker green is a bit off and just doesn't quite look right, it will be removed. The other color looks pretty good. This product is a an HO product that is the right size for O. The layout is set in late summer, early fall so foilage's are green, but a bit dried out. Some clutter is being added where appropriate,the layout still needs a bit more in some spots. I still prefer the Scenic Express Buffalo Grass, it is expensive, but worth the expense, it just looks real.

Updated Feb 6th 2013, Now that the DVD is complete, I can back to working to the Layout, here are few pics as the layout is being run nearly everyday and small maintenance chores are being addressed.