That’s the question today, is a layout ever really finished? I made the error at a recent gathering of modelers where several asked how my Hitop branch was coming along, and I […]
Is it ever finished….?
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I have been a railfan since the age of 6, and a modeler since the age of fourteen. This is my first truly, fully (well not quite) completed model railroad. Even though I have worked in retail recently, I fell in love with trains early in life, ride them when I can, have volunteered on many steam fan trips, have belonged to several model rr clubs, and did a stint as a brakeman/conductor on a midwest regional railroad. I've recently been published in Model Railroader magazine. I hope all of you enjoy my site!
A new perspective….
There will be a new perspective in the future starting with the next blog post, for both myself and all of you loyal followers. Since I used to work for a real […]
Railfanning the Hitop recently…..
We recently made it down to Dickinson yard early one morning and caught the Spring Street turn. We caught the road power first, then watched as the yard crew put the train […]
A mess or?
Maybe not. What I’m talking about in this post is a recent individual session on the layout. I started in Dickinson yard with making up the Spring Street turn, with cars for […]
Making trees….
In planning the layout, I had to come up with hundreds of trees to simulate the hills of West Virginia. Without having to spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on individual trees, […]
Excellent website….
I thought today I would post a short piece with links to an excellent website titled “WVNC Rails at: http://www.wvncrails.org. This is an excellent website put together by Dan Robie, who grew […]
Finishing up….
Today on the Hitop I was finishing up my job from yesterday’s operating session. As I was working Dickinson yard and working the Spring Street turn, I had some unfinished work. This […]
First operating session….
Today I held the first official operating session on the Hitop. Even though two invitees couldn’t make it, we did have a good time. We started a bit late, a little after […]
Prototype paperwork or no?
When I was designing and planning my layout, I of course thought about how to operate it prototypically and realistically. A lot of computer software has been written to produce realistic paperwork […]
To be, or not to be….
That is the question today. The question is, do I want to build an exact replica of an area, or do I want to create a scene and operate more? I have […]
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