Southern Pacific Cascade Line

Once I completed the rock surface encasing Montieth Rock, I still needed to provide color.     Two previous posts describe my rock surface m...

Kicking off what was a very busy railroad month of March was my regular monthly operating session on the first of the month.     The session...

Following up on my previous post on sculpting Montieth Rock (aka, “Rooster Rock”), I got fresh information thanks to that first blog post.  ...

Montieth Rock is a volcanic plug rock formation in the canyon leading up from Oakridge to McCredie Springs.     Also known as “Rooster Rock,...

I continue to work on scenery, mostly one scene at a time.     The latest focus has been on the “Pryor” area between Oakridge and Tunnel 21,...

Almost every Fall, the Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society (SPH&TS) holds its annual convention, usually in a city formerl...

One of the first open terrain areas encountered on my railroad as it climbs out of Oakridge is beyond the Salmon Creek bridge and behind the...