This evening my wife and I went down to the laundry room to do do the wash. After putting the clothes in the washing machine we went into the train room and looked at what I was working on. She knew of the buildings I was planning and had built to be named for my daughter's in law and at the one I was working on for her. She then asked me if I was going to do one for her mother.

I haven't been doing much in recent weeks primarily because the situation at home has not been conducive to it. You see my mother-in-law had a coronary and between the week she spent in the hospital and her death and funeral, no one ay home has felt like doing much.

We S scalers have our own special day today.

On behalf of my fellow S scalers. I'd like to wish all of you a Happy 3/16.

I already have a running blog at Gentle Model Railroading . Please check it out.

I live in Ipswich, Suffolk, UK and have two model railroads on the go at the moment.

1. HO in the shed. Based on The East Tennessee and West North Carolina (The Tweetsie) although it is not narrow gauge. It is a shortline with just three locos and set just post-war in a run down state. This is just at the track laying and wiring completed stage

Yep, the sun actually made it's appearance shortly after I got on the road at 6 AM. That meant I could actually see the bay from the Belt Parkway and the Verazano Bridge. It was a beautiful sight to actually see a few ships on the water for a change. Unfortunately one can't see the Bay Ridge carfloat aprons from the bridge or even from the adjoining Brooklyn Queens Expressway but you can't have verything.

I haven't had much time to work on the layout due to and unfortunate turn of events.

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Yep were going to see some more snow tonight. Those of us in Northeast have had enough of it. But this one isn't supposed to be anywhere near as bad> But for those communities who have been socked by the weather, mainly those in New Jersey and south even a little bit is too much.

 In the past, I have scoffed at the following in model railroading:

1)  3 rail O gauge, especially running at 200 scale mph and hitting those small radius curves and almost derailing.  

2)  N trak modules.  I just have a hard time with the 3 main line tracks each separated by about 200 scale feet.

3)  Circus trains.