Hi All,

Been lurking here at MRH for many years and enjoy reading the site. I'm about to start a few different sections of a new layout at home and thought I'd "blog" the updates here since the feedback and interaction is part of what makes it fun. But first I figured I'd do a quick intro of where I came from and where I (think) I'm going. :)  

OK you videographers out there - there has to be a way to get better audio when recording model trains with on-board sound. Almost all of the videos that I've watched lately on Youtube or Vimeo have trains that sound like UFOs landing in 1950's science fiction movies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvxdJkFf2Mo

In person, they sound fine, especially those with the newer speakers, but on video I guess that I'd rather listen to background music.

Ideas anyone?

 I have been doing a lot of reading lately from the " One-town layout " topic to " Operations " and " Is Model railroading too expensive ". I did a search of the posts today here on MRH on Virtual Railroading and found quite a bit of information, a lot more than I would have thought. This topic got me to thinking:

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/magazine/mrh2016-12-dec/reverse-running

Feb. 10, 2018 had the first Portland Prototype Modelers meet. Over 100 people attended the event, and shared a variety of models. Below the first post, I will add some pictures taken off the Bridgetown Railroad Modelers Page.

If you attended feel free to add your pictures.

Craig