I've been working on my HO Scale Nicholas & Ashley Creek Railway for a couple of years now, but really started in earnest over the past few months.  Since my efforts include many topics discussed on these forums, I thought it would be fun to chronicle my building here.  If you read further, enjoy!

This thread will following the construction & extension of Rutherford Yard...

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I came across a report in the Italian Tuttto Treno magazine on a huge American themed FreMo-E module event held in late 2015.  This is a video of just one module:

The description in German reads:

I cleaned up my workbench last night when I had a few minutes of time and came across a package of eraser pens I picked up at the tool store a while ago that I forgot about.  One each of steel, brass and nylon.  This morning when I had a few free minutes before heading to work I thought I would try out the nylon pen to see how it did on the lettering on a boxcar.  I bought a pile of these Buffalo boxcars (see http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/17923 ) for a very good price but there are

day 1
Bill as conductor and me as engineer.
We ran 1 train.
day 2...
Marlin as conductor and me as engineer.
We ran 1 train
Anthony and me had op session and we switched between conductor. and engineer.
We ran 5 trains.

I just got it and I like it very much. Now I'm going to read all the back editions that I can find. No more making time to sit at the laptop in the basement! I will lovingly devour each issue.

Finally got around to painting Locomotive 119, later renumbered 219 and currently being restored at the Northern Ontario Railroad Museum in Capreol Ontario..

Model animation—bringing models to life—adds enormously to the interest and enjoyment of any layout or individual model! This entry describes an animated car that you can use to test the train handling capabilities of your operating crew. The idea is derived from a car that the late John Allen built to “check” his engineers. This project also demonstrates why I originally built the decoders designed around an Arduino Pro Mini (see: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/24316 ).

With my railroad changing name to one that is more suitable, I've done a bit of paint scheme revision.