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Month: April 2023

Fail Early, Fail Often

April 13, 2023April 14, 2023

…but always fail forward. Otherwise known as improvement through iteration. Or so I hope. With the backdrop on the transload & IML Containers side of the peninsula finished, and a day trip to Le Mars last week, I decided to play around with some photo backdrops. Needless to say (and not unsurprisingly) it didn’t work…

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Categories: Layout Updates

Trenton Works 5250 Cu. Ft. Covered Hopper

April 10, 2023April 10, 2023

I have been looking for an excuse to put one of the upcoming Prairie Shadows Trenton Works 5250 cu. ft. covered hoppers on the layout. Previously, I knew some 5250 cu ft Trenton Works hoppers did show up in Le Mars, but couldn’t get a road name/number from the photos. After a trip Scott Thornton…

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Categories: Prototype Information

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