• Layout Tour
• Passenger Yard
• Space Mouse Structures
• Space Mouse Motive Roster

The engine house shown here was my first project. I had an empty spot in a corner that could not be reached and barely seen, but something had to be done. I guy reached under a bench and pulled out this already built engine house and it fit into the location. I threw in a couple turnouts and ran some track to it and presto. I built the lights out of an aluminum can by tracing a quarter and cutting a wedge in the circle. They made a nice insustrial hanging light. Unfortunately, the 16 volt power supply burnt them out pretty quickly. The unit is fairly unreachable (you have to crawl out on to the ballasted yard) and is built into the scenery. I was able to lift off the roof and aligator clip an arc welding circuit onto the light leads. It has become one of the wonders of the layout. The pictures were taken with the lights working.

It was two weeks before our first since I'd joined and "my" passenger yard needed more than the basic structures so in the final days, I pulled a week of late-nighters, 1-4am, and salvaged the Altoona Station, the engine service buildings, and the cattle ramp, all of which were unpainted. At the last minute, I got the Walther's passenger platforms and spent the last two nights building 12 of them.

One of our members made a purchase of a bunch of towers and it was decided that we would each take one home and build it. So far only this one has made it back assembled. It was called a "craftsman" kit, but the only thing craftsman about it is the difficulty making the pre-cut pieces fit together.