couldn't resist sharing this video with you: Bulgarian Narrow Gauge in the snow !

It's a 760 mm line, the 1:1 On30 :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85BnPzSho4w

cheers, Leo

I'm sad to announce that my friend Leo Landers passed away last Monday. Leo was survived by his wife Barb and a plethora of children.

If you worked for the SP&S in the 40's thru the 80's you might have met Leo as he held jobs starting from car knocker to road engineer. While working as a motive power hostler Leo had the opportunity to drive the SP&S 700 (4-8-4), one of the two Northern class locos still operating out of Portland Oregon (the other is the SP 4449).

Hi Guys,

On my recent "Old West Tour" I visited the Forney Transportation museum in Denver,Colorado. I took several shots of the cab interior Union Pacific 4005 with intent to create a "panoramic view" here it is for your enjoyment. Merry Christmas!

Note:Use your mouse to pan around.

For best effect click the "Expand" icon.

I'm just curious...

We seem to have quite a few railroaders here on MRH, and that got me thinking.  I've been with NS for 15 years now, and I've noticed two related items:

I've attached a few mobile phone photos of my in-progress 25x25 freelanced dogbone layout, inspired by the New York Central Railroad as it existed in the Mid-Hudson Valley in the late 1940's and early 1950's.   I hope to have a "rough draft" completed by spring, then will begin detailing and adding a helix to a lower-level staging yard.

Man, I am glad I took geometry! 

This is a snippet of the track planning guide for Marklin C-track. I really like this track and the geometry constraints may limit design, but hey, it also limits design!  Meaning, less time to deliberate, as I am very indecisive!

Here is a helium storage building built out of 2 AHM helium cars. Pretty simple to build.

I recently emailed the people who run a local model railroad show every March and asked them if they'd be interested in me exhibiting an O scale switching layout at their show.  Today, they emailed back and said, "yes."  Now I'm committed!

This will be my first time exhibiting a layout; I'm excited and nervous at the same time.