https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog Updates from the Mill Valley Lines model railroad — layout construction, prototype research, and progress reports. en-us Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/april-2026-progress-report https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/april-2026-progress-report Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT April was a big month for the MVL — the biggest milestone yet, in fact. I missed the update for March, so let's jump right in. progress https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/feb-2026-updates https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/feb-2026-updates Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT February was a relatively quiet month in terms of progress on the layout, but exciting and busy nevertheless. Due to scheduling and other things, we didn't have many Monday night work sessions but I still tried to keep progress going on other nights of the week. I also went to North Carolina with friends for an operations weekend. More on that later. progress https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/jan-2026-updates https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/jan-2026-updates Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT January’s primary focus has been all things helix. Over winter “break” (when my kids were on break, so we were ‘off’), I worked on building the base for the helix to prepare for building the actual helix. progress https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/oct-2025-reset-refocus https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/oct-2025-reset-refocus Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Sometimes, progress doesn’t mean pushing forward — it means taking a step back to reset and refocus. progress https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/introducing-new-mill-valley-lines https://www.millvalleylines.com/blog/introducing-new-mill-valley-lines Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT The new Mill Valley Lines model railroad is a layout of many "firsts" for me. Here's a brief introduction to the project and some of what you can expect to see in the coming months. planning progress