Jon Bentz will be presenting a clinic on his under construction On30 layout, the “Rio Como”.
We should get a full update on the entire layout. Jon says since the last update Alan Murray and he
finished the benchwork for the car float operation and built a car float and tug as well as the loading
bridge and winches. This should be completed along with the harbor sea wall this month. He has started
track painting on the end of the line that’s the first thing seen when entering the layout room. This will be
finished for the NNGC in September.

He also thought he’d give a brief description of operations. Initially ops will be based on a series of ’turns’
originating in the staging yard. This will feed traffic to each station on the layout and will represent a ‘job’
for operators. The branch line that serves the mines and lumber industry is independent of the main line
and can be run by either one or two crews. That branch will feed a turn to the lumber mill with logs
returning with empties and could run twice (we’ll see if that works ).
Jon says
“During all of this I have continued building structures thanks to the help I’ve received. This summer I’d
like to get at least some scenery roughed in.”

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