100% chance of snow!

Loggers at work!!

NS SD 40-2 #7990 with a little help from the South Bend Southern powers this Triple Crown train south toward Indy through Indiana farm country...

John's John Deeres

Lots of companies are making John Deere equipment in 1/87 these days...Athearn, Wiking, Siku, Ertl and even Hallmark...

Some "end zone" shots

The New South Bend Southern!!

Welcome to the new South Bend Southern HO railroad/vehicle layout! With a new home the north-south Indiana pike will be bigger and better than before... stop by often for progress pix as scenery and track construction continue. Thanks for looking.....John Dovak

Time for a little road work...

Corn harvest time again...

Streambank stabilization around the bridge piers...

In the beginning... there was foam...

Pavement's done, time for the finish work.

Time to install the "Jersey" barriers for safety.

Isn't winter wonderful!!!

Pavement at last!!!

paving and rolling and rolling and paving...

Time for more utility work--high up this time!

Final grading...pavement coming soon!

Final grading of the rock sub base is the final step before paving.

Highway construction continues

Part of the highway job is making sure all the needed utilities are where they need to be. These storm water pipes are being installed to make sure the rain water flows away from the highway.

Here comes the rock!

Loading and dumping and loading and dumping.