I’ve recently revamped my website, it’s still at the following: www.hitopbranchmodelrr.com

Okay, it's 8:30pm-ish here in Salt Lake City. The train show has been over for 4 1/2 hours (not including post show teardown time) and I'm just now getting to this. Dinner with Joe, Patty, Eric and my wife was lovely. 

Fair warning... this may take a couple days. My wife and I drove down here in two days, the first was about 8 1/2 hours, the second 3/12 hours. Google says it's going to take 12 1/2 hours straight driving to get home (not counting food, bathroom, and fuel breaks). 

I have sort of a tradition at these events... falling way behind. I'd pretty much avoided that this week (Contest Room was definitely slipping though), but tonight.... full stop. 

No, nothing bad. 

https://youtu.be/wubMVW73OfU 

Just a little note on what i have been doing  with modeling this summer. In short no changes to my layout. However I have been investing in “stuff” to keep me busy when this long winter months come. I got down to Eau Claire Wisconsin for the international toy train expo. For me it was the biggest show I have been to. I stuck to my shopping list and bought buildings for my town scene and mining scene. Lots of different layouts of many scale types to watch. A reoccurring theme was the Big boy. 

Its been a while since I posted about Building the layout room  (over a year!). I did mention in that blog that I would talk about the problems we encountered, so better late than never ;)

Problem 1: the Module was too long...

Today a buddy and I ventured up to North Bend, NE milepost 48.25

 

Does anyone have experince with the Amazon Fire HD 10? Amazon Prime Day is coming and they should have a good price.

I enjoy curling up on the couch with my tablet to read MRH and Running Extra.

My Eclipse 7 needs replacing as it can not be updated and no longer can cast to my TV.

Need a bigger type face on screen that is why going to a 10.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for your suggestions

Welcome to the National Train Show! Model Railroad Hobbyist is in Booth 1026, and we'd love to say Hi!

My freelanced Kanawha, Youngstown & Northern is primarily a moderate sized-railroad between Charleston, WV and Cleveland, OH, through towns and cities synonymous with steel-making; Wheeling and Weirton in WV and Youngstown, OH. Based in the 1968-1974 time frame, this provides the opportunity to run a mix of first and second generation locomotives as well as a wide variety of rolling stock.