Some recent action on the railroad:

Saw this on the Metra South Shore Electric line is obviously a maintnce vehicle of sorts.

Photos from my trip to MSI Chicago

Hi all.

After my last post where e I had some precious help, ideas kept coming at me. Beeing the first time taht I'll be a layout this big, my temptation is to cram as much track I can get in there, BUT... I kept reading and viewing videos, and listening to podcasts. More layout, means more work, means more time, means more money to the hobby, and less time to enjoy running trains.. 

For the last week and half I have been pretty much stagnant as far as layout time has been concerned as we are in the middle of our first term school break (2 weeks), and with this comes little to no time for the layout.

To my knowledge this kit is not shipping yet and I am the only one doing the review. This one will definitely take longer than others and I will work on some better quality. I look forward to sharing this one with you and hearing your comments, Trainmaster247

Like many things in life, Model Railroading is based on learning and experience.  As we take this journey sometimes learning and experience does not come easy.  So, when writing my blog, I decided to include "warts and all" that may prove to help model railroaders avoid similar situations.

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For years I been planning that big awesome layout..but now I have come to that big moment i finished basement demo and basic remodel   I have final layout space available   and dreams n thoughts and planning dont fit.  So I now have a 16x13 ft space with a 9ft by 1ft extention on one 16 ft side.  Walls are only on the 25ft total wall side and adjacent 13ft wall (basement walls ).

Sunday project.... Pimp my pulpwood flat. Now I need to harvest some suitable "logs". Any recommendations?

Although I had wanted to build in Hon3, modeling the logging line of the Michigan-California lumber Col., I wasn’t willing to sell off my stash of HO equipment. I had just retired and I wasn’t confident that I could pull it off financially, so I kept my HO gauge equipment and looked for a standard gauge to model.