My big event for May was a trip to Ireland with my mom. We came and went from Dublin, but the majority of the 10 days were spent in the west - mostly Mayo where my mom's grandmother left in 1900 when she was 19 years old. I also made great progress on the layout in order to be ready for the NMRA region convention in June.
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| The typical mall bookstore in Dublin had an amazing selection of train magazines. |
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| A hobby shop on the north west side of Dublin mostly had plastic vehicle models and Hornby trains. |
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| The line to Kiltimagh has been abandoned, but the depot remains and serves as a museum. |
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| Back home, I continued to lay track. |
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| This pano was taken where the slight bend is around the furnace closet. You can see the bucket on this photo and above. |
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| One of the biggest challenges in linear layout design is the turnback blob. I am using curved turnouts from Walthers to add crossovers in the blob. |
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| This side of the peninsula is primarily the Billings warehouse district and passenger station. |
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| By the end of May, most of the switching area was in and I had moved around to the other side which is mostly the Billings yard. |
