I released the gold version of a program I wrote to inventory model railroad equipment including cars, locomotives, structures, electonics and all the books from your library . Easy Model Railroad Inventory is freeware and can be downloaded to your computer. The program has been in development for a year and a half and in beta for a year. Some members of the Tidwater Divsion of the NMRA plus others participated in the beta testing group. I will not repeat the contents of the web site here.

Hi all,

my turn to ask a question.

My switching layout (stub end branch layout) needs a name. Yeah I know, I always say the" H's&T's", but that's just an abreviation of "Harley's and Trains" and, pfffft, that does not sound realy "prototypical".  Or does it?

Last night there was a midnight sale at one of the hobby shops here in town and. There was a dozen or so in a group talking "O" Scale and one of the guys said Niel Young is half owner of Lionel and another said Model Railroading Just Happens which I thought he couldn't be more right But has anyone else heard anything about Niel Young buying Lionel or is it just Old news I missed out on?

Dan

My lovely and talented wife asked me, just yesterday, if there were any books that I'd like, now that we're approaching the holidays.  I didn't have much to respond with, so I'll put the question out here on this forum.

Any books that you recommend?  My suggestion to start this list is one that I'm re-reading right now: