SPRING!! Time to get out a locomotive and see if the garden railroad still works. And inspect for damage. Well.. a mountain fell down. That's a problem. OH, and there's a HUGE FLOOD.

Step one: Leave the indoor project in the HUGE CANYON and go outside.

Step two: mow the lawn and turn on the water. After all, it's GARDEN railroading.

Step three: Rig for high water because we had over 900 inches (22 meters) of snow in the mountains and it's all melting now. Oh, and still snowing up there... No matter. the small stream just off the railroad should not be a problem. And while checking the flood walk some old narrow gauge grade.

Step four: clean up the mess where some of the mortar mountains failed. These will need to be repaired. BUT first, clean up the mess as it's blocking the tracks.

Step five: Open the inside door at the east portal of tunnel one at Schitt's Creek and remove the winter insulation.

Step Six: Open the outside dog door (guillotine door) at the west portal of tunnel one.

Step Seven. Power up the Digitrax DCC and bring out Mexicano 14. NOTE! I didn't clean the track. I have NEVER cleaned the Llagas Creek track and it's never given me any problems. It's between one and two years outside and I've never cleaned it. And it's working fine. I am going to clean it soon, but Im rethinking the whole process of track cleaning. Anyway, running just fine without cleaning.

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