Hello all,

I've moved away from blogging here in recent months because I started my own website and YouTube channel, and didn't want the work of redundantly posting the same things.  However, I had several people comment on some of my newer content that they had originally seen me here on MRH and lost track of what I've been up to, so I decided to provide a quick update!

Hello everyone, Here is the latest news from my American module. The decor advances, the trees are all homemade. Sorry for the cars, I only have European models (two Citroens). The result in photos.

Here is the end of the project. Probably going to sell this one, contact me if interested before I ebay it. Low cost

Hey guys, back with another question for Nolan's. Does anyone know where to get the Control Bus Cable needed for connecting the SB5 to the Command Station? Been checking around online and I can't seem to find it. If we can't find a place to get it, what do we substitute? I know with Digitrax you can just use any six-wire cable, but NCE no idea. Thanks in advance!

The narrow gauge Manns Creek Railway hauled coal 9 miles from an area where they opened many small coal mines to the town of Sewell, located on the New River, where it was converted to coke or sized and loaded into standard gauge C&O hoppers.  during WWII a 200 ton coal receiving bin where newly opened strip mining operations trucked strip mine coal to be dumped and loaded into the narrow gauge hopper cars for the trip down to Sewell.  the heart of my new On3 layout will be the live loading of coal into my On3 hopper cars and the unloading of the coal at Sewell.  The unlo

Once the terrain was formed and plaster dried, I worked on bringing the roads in Oakridge to life with  painting and weathering. Like many of my painting and weathering projects, my techniques and materials were chosen for simplicity and repeatability. The end result was a surface realistic to Commercial St. completed without much fuss. 

Hello model railroaders!

This isn’t a public service announcement or a promotional stunt, but more like how binging Allagash content on Model Railroad Hobbyist (MRH) and Trainmasters TV has inspired me.  Bottom line up front, the inspiration has me changing from modeling the Chicago & Northwestern – Marshline Subdivision and going back to the Mascoutin Valley Railroad. 

I hope this will answer some of the questions people asked about my printer.

When I first started to get interested in my own printer I talked to a club member who had a printer and his  advise was.

1; was pick one where spare parts are readily available. 

2; decide what type you want.

3; what size print area you want.

4; what is the budget.