At the moment I'm building a new station for my Isle of Skye Railway. It's Borve Junction. There the railway diverted into the lines to Uig and Dunvegan. Last week I made a short cabride movie through the station.

Markus

In my mind there are two structures that vie for the title of most railroady, namely the depot and the interlocking tower.  For the decades, the depot was the interface between a community and the outside world.  And for decades, the orderly procession of trains along the line was in the hands of the tower operators.  At least I think so.

I finally Found some sheep for my stock cars and they each need painting as they are all pure white. Anybody ever see pure white Sheep other than Marys' ?

I have been looking for 3 years for sheep for my stock cars. A little more that 15 months ago I found 2 packs of 4 sheep each pre painted for $8.49 and said no way!! Some body out there has to make un-painted sheep in bulk for less money.

Finally have found some time and the ambition to finish my railroad's website. Please feel free to leave any comments and/or suggestions. Hope you enjoy.

Washington Northern Railroad:  http://wnrr.net

Recently I did a "show & tell" of my homemade static grass applicator at the Piedmont meeting (NMRA). I wanted to show what the device could do, so I created a little diorama using my 2 story farmhouse (by AMB) that I had previously built. This structure will probably occupy the residential district of Hoovertown that is presently under construction.

Although arguing the relative merits of NMRA logos past, present, and future is fun I thought it might be worthwhile to share a small change to my layout that has increased operational possibilities exponentially as a result.  Due to the generosity of a new model railroading friend I've made the acquaintance of through people I've met on these forums I was able to acquire a hand laid #4 double slip turnout to replace one of the regular #4's on my layout.  The before and after can be seen in the track plans below (apologies they

 I had initially planned to do this to submit as an article for MRH, but it didn't quite work out.  However, so much effort was put in to it and I'm so happy with the results, I just had to do a blog about it to hopefully encourage others to just try something, even when you don't have a clue.  Again, I'll keep this opening short so it won't be long to scroll through if it gets to multiple pages.

I was reading a bit of a commentary in Jason Schron's Rapido Bulletin from last month or the month before about riding the train.  Its not something we often do, but I enjoy it when I get the chance.  As part of VIA Rail's summer "kids ride free" program, my wife and I decided to take our kids on the train.  We drive out to visit my family in Alberta and then one of us rides the train back with one of the kids while the other drives.  Last year, my wife and daughter went home on the train, but this year it was me and the boy's turn.

Color pictures taken by the Farm Bureau 30,s 40,s 

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/

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