Born  and raised in PA.58 yrs old have 2 sons and 1 grandson and a wonderful wife of 27 years.

Started in HO scale in 1959 and then it was O scale and then G scale back to O scale and now sticking with HO scale.

Currently unemployed and still looking and searching after a year.So have plenty of time to do work around the house first and then the trains.

Welll.....after almost 4 months in the post, the Trueline Trains Canadian National C-Liner with DCC and Sound I ordered from MRH sponsor CMT finally arrived! 

Here she is right out of the box - I've been looking for this model, as the C-Liners were very common on the Central Vermont mainline hauling through freights in the 50's.

Thanks again to Mike and Tom at CMT

Hi Jack from Star Idaho.  Another question about the HO Bachmann Spectrum Shay.  I see all over the internet Spectrum three truck shays with and without sound ranging in price from $300-$400 and even higher at times.  However, Trainworld sells a Bachmann Spectrum 80 ton three truck Shay for $119.00 without sound and $199.00 with Tsunami DCC and sound.  What gives?  Is there a difference in quality between the high priced shays and the one Trainworld sells?  I purchased one DCC ready for $119.00 and I have had nothing but problem

Hi Jack from Star, Idaho.  I have a question about lubing a three truck shay.  Each truck has gears on one side and I was wondering what those gears should be lubed with or not?  I have not found any information on this so I would appreciate some good advice.  Thanks...Jack Strong

I've been experimenting with some techniques to make a desert scene. just want  to know what you think about the scenes i put together. thanks for the input

The CN Pointe Saint-Charles Shops are long gone.  However this clip gives you ideas for the modelling of CN maintenance facilities.  This beta video was edited in honour of the 50th anniversary of OVAR.

I am calling it done, ready for submission to the GPB on Feb 7. May I present to you the LK&O track plan final.

A bit of explanation is in order for what is not denoted on the XTrack drawing...

I was able to attend the auction held by the Tidewater Division of the NMRA this past Saturday. I was able to sell some stuff that I was not using and buy some stuff I do need. Or at least thought I needed according to my wife. I was on the lookout for 40' gondolas, and 40' flat cars. For some reason they are very hard to find. As it turned out I was able to find and buy 2 gondolas and at least 10 box cars. Maybe my wife is right!

It's not quite a "smash and burn", but it did involve a little demo!

I recently extended my alcove area by adding 7ft in depth and have been putting off removing the existing track because .....well, because then I can't run my railroad!  I needed to salvage the benchwork and track for reuse outside my trainroom once the alcove new benchwork and trackwork is installed and running through the wall.

Today I took the leap and got the job done - now I need to hurry to get the railroad operating again!

Here is a link to my Blog where you can view some Video operations action on the LVN.  Enjoy

http://lyonvalleynorthern.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-operations-on-lvn.html