For the past eighteen months the project in the shop has been a rendition of CNW's famed Alco Line, plying the prairies of Southern Minnesota. The layout was done in three phases. The third, and final section, set in the region around Waseca is now complete. I've add five images of this phase to the photo gallery. Here's the final track plan.

A trio of faded RS3s rolls westward past the iconic station in Mankato, MN. The exquisite model was scratch-built by Jeff Kraker. Phase 2 of the Alco Line project is now complete. (Phase 1 was the cover story in the November issue of RMC). Phase 2 models Mankato and the regions just to the east and west. Join me as we take a photo tour of the latest progress updates. Here is the track plan. Phase 2 is in the middle of the room. After passing the station, and continuing

The yard switcher spots a load at a scratch-built model of Hubbard Feeds in Mankato, MN on the HO scale Alco Line project. As much as...

Heading eastward across Forest Avenue, Guilford's local works the Bishop Street Branch on one of my custom-built commissions. The vast...