{"id":3101,"date":"2024-01-17T08:44:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2024-01-17T08:44:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T22:44:27","slug":"2023-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=3101","title":{"rendered":"2023 Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0A quick review of 2023 on this blog.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Total unique page views (all time) sit at 1,124,248.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For 2023 there were 148,000 unique page views.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There were 748 posts in 2023, and in case you’re curious here are the top ten posts for last year in terms of total views:<\/span><\/p>\n

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IKEA Ivar Benchwork – User Report<\/div>\n
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406<\/div>\n

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A couple of upcoming projects<\/div>\n
Posted by CVSNE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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354<\/div>\n

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New Addition to the Layout – Part IV : Back on its own two (four) feet…<\/div>\n
Posted by CVSNE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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279<\/div>\n

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Farewell to the “northern” SNE<\/div>\n
Posted by CVSNE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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277<\/div>\n

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Wordless Wednesday #269 – Need to get the grass applicator going!<\/div>\n
Posted by CVSNE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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270<\/div>\n

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Canadian Pacific E8 in St. Albans<\/div>\n
Posted by CVSNE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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262<\/div>\n

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Factory painted Southern New England power (sort of …)<\/div>\n
Posted by CVSNE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A New Addition to the Layout – Part III – A New Home<\/div>\n
Posted by CVSNE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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209<\/div>\n

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Wordless Wednesday #263<\/div>\n
Posted by CVSNE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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208<\/div>\n

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Wordless Wednesday #268<\/div>\n
Posted by CVSNE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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204<\/div>\n

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As far as progress (or lack thereof!) on the layout. By far the most significant project last year was the still ongoing incorporation of the “northern SNE” section. I suppose it should be no surprise that posts about the whole process accounts for three of last year’s top ten posts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The other major project (also still ongoing) was the structures and basic landforms for the Stafford Mills area of the layout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a rule I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions since I rarely, if ever, keep them – but I didn’t accomplish as much in the basement as I’d hoped in 2023 so I’m going to set a few broad goals so if I’m blessed enough to see the end of 2024 I’ll at least feel like I’ve accomplished\u00a0something.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So what’s ahead for 2024?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Goal #1: Get the scenery completed on the main “loop” of the railroad – with the possible exception of the Enosburg Falls Main Street scene. I’m going to treat that as a separate project from the open country running that predominates on the rest of the layout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Goal #2: Finish integrating the Northern SNE section into the layout.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As mentioned above, these two are ongoing and actually are being worked concurrently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Goal #3: Rough landscape (to include building mockups as appropriate) on both the paper mill and Richford yard peninsulas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Goal #4: Get the steam roster out of the boxes and operational.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And I want to get the Autumn Scenery book complete, and be well on the way to getting the Rolling Stock book finished by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is another possible large project – reworking the shop area in the basement – that may come to fruition in 2024 – but that waits to be seen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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