Some photos of the recent progress

As promised, find photos of the recent progress discussed on the blog.  Enjoy!  Op session photos to come after this weekend.

An overview of the room. You'll notice the changes in the legs on the peninsula and the most apparent change of the addition of the fascia.

Newly created Caldwell Harbor in West Davenport.  This named after my wife's cousin's family.

The Piggy Packer loading a trailer on a flat car at the new West Davenport Intermodal yard.

My NCE Controller secure in its new holder attached to the fascia.

One of the six installed (7 total to be installed) train order signal panels.  Crews will operate as scheduled unless they come across a red board.  They will stop their train and contact the dispatcher for additional instructions.

The fascia at Rock Island showing a sample of the throttle holder, jack, train order signal panel and clipboard with station OS log.

Rock Island's station.  The road now continues out to the edge of the benchwork including a new parking lot for the station.

An overall view of Rock Island.

The expanded and new Proctor & Gamble Company in Blue Island.  Notice the new double track and crossover added.  Joliet is just around the curve to the right.

The revised Blue Island interlocking.

The new track alignment at Blue Island.  The crossover was reversed.  The tracks used to continue straight, but now curve to the right behind the recently relocated Midwest Lumber company.

Another view of the changes at Blue Island.  The large building to the left is the greatly expanded Vandelay Industries, fine purveyor of latex products.

The entrance to the industrial park in Davenport.

The station at Davenport.

Newly labeled car card boxes for industries on the ROCK.

Blue Island's car card boxes have moved to the upper level.
A view of the West Davenport intermodal terminal.

No fascia has been installed at Bureau.  A photo of one of my cousin-in-law's boats.

Relocated Franklin Farms homestead.

The scratchbuilt barn in Franklin Farms.

New road signs installed in Joliet.

More new signage in Joliet.

Another view of the new signs.

Future Home of Libbey Owens Ford in Ottawa, IL.

Horses roaming free on Franklin Farms.

The newly constructed area at the Mississippi River crossing.

More of the Mississippi River crossing.

Another overview of the room.  Check out all the traffic in Chicago westbound.