One of the reasons model railroading is the World's Greatest Hobby is that it's actually a number of different hobbies, all working together toward one grand goal. The only problem is that's it's All Too Easy to go too far down the path of one particular aspect of the hobby. Before you know it - you're down a Rabbit Hole.

With all the pre-ops paperwork done, we got to run the railroad yesterday with a mix of old timers and first timers. Things ran really well, and we only had a few minor glitches - which created the Punch List of items to address for next time. More detail and pics here - hope you'll stop by!

Chris

The Valley Local

If you host regular operating sessions, one of the necessary evils is having to set up the operating session. And sometimes that can take as long (sometimes longer!) than the session itself. But just like cooking - where it often takes longer to prepare the meal than to eat it - if you enjoy the process of preparing a meal then that's just as much fun as the meal itself.

Anybody else feel this way? Ops set up: necessary evil, or added benefit?

Hi guys,  I've been lurking here for a while and just wanted to introduce myself.  My name is Chris and I'm modeling the New Haven Railroad's Connecticut River Valley Line as it was in October, 1947.  I'll be modeling the "Air Line" as well, since it crossed the Valley line at grade in Middletown, CT.