Winslow Yard

Each day that passes sees a little more detail work on the layout. Here is a view looking Southeast into the Winslow freight switching yard.

The Mikado 2-8-2 steam engine sits on a siding awaiting a train assignment while the yard crew enjoys some time in the watch tower. From this tower they can observe all the activity in the yard and help keep things organized.

In the middle right of the picture you can see the rear of the first downtown Flagstaff building. I decided to add a few structures across the street from the Flagstaff depot that would represent old town Flagstaff. As you can see from this angle, on a 3x5 layout, Flagstaff and Winslow are really close toghter. In fact, they back up to one another ... after all, it is good to stretch our imagination. More later ...