And now for a preview of the Hump Yard we are planning in the model:

Hump Yard coming along in Code 55 with ballasting a very tedious little job: 

So, instead of building Windhoek last, we decided to get the Hump Yard up and running (or is that down and running?) so that visitors has at least one thing "not very often seen" to remember (Thank you Chip)! So the yard, as shown above was installed, now getting all the turnouts powered and eventually the camera to the computer in the tower at the top of the hump to through the switches automatically.

Since we also need to get trained on scenery a bit, we decided to put some hills (or mountains to Namibians) behind the Intermodal Container yard on the back side, facing Walvisbaai. The road, which we are planning to put automated cars on like MiWuLa in Hamburg, but in N Scale here, will cover up (hide) the tracks going to staging and the hump yard lead.

Any big city needs a church, and what better building to start with than the most famous building in Windhoek, and for that matter Namibia! The Christ Church (proudly in front of the Tintenpalast today) was completed in 1910:

Someone broke the windows out?

• http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/windhoek&page=all

• http://www.namibweb.com/christ.htm