The Rutland: 2015... seriously??

Another year has come and gone. Amazing, really. I am fortunate to have shared the end of it with my friends and Rutland supporters George, Ron, Robert and Scott. The following pics, though not many, are from two separate sessions, the last two of 2014.

The second to last session was a relatively easy night for the crew. George continued assembling rolling stock kits for me. (One can never have enough rolling stock... can one??) I had previously laid track where I wanted it to be in the Manchester Yard and took pics of the configuration which were used later as a guide for laying down the cork roadbed. Robert and Ron had that privilege... .

And as usual, along with the work came a lot of gabbin' and harmless jabs...lest we forget the never-ending "Management vs. Worker Bees" debate.

Is that George reading instructions? Hey, isn't that against the Man Code??

Ron and Robert dry-fitting the cork roadbed.

Ron going to town with the cork adhesive...

More! More!!!

Might George think about trifocals?

Take a break, boys, Christmas is a-commin'!!

The final session of 2014 ended up being just me and Scott (Electrician/Swiss Cheese Mouse). He started wiring up the Bennington Yard and much discussion was had about having the main yard and the passing siding under their own, separate breaker (vs. the rest of the yard). This way, in case of derailment, the whole yard won't shut down. This will require a few additional purchases... but oh so worth it. Thanks to Scott's tutelage, I almost feel like an apprentice!