Over the last two years I have been on a constant declutter program around the house. A bit ironic since it started after we moved to a property twice the size of the previous property and hold on to things a lot easier without it being in the way.

So over the time I have sold excess hi-fi equipment (another hobby of mine), lots of books have left the house and I have gotten rid of unused computer equipment, electronics and so on. I kinda have started to like looking at empty floorspace, no crap in cupboards and so on. Simplify and focus...

Hi all,

I recently saw this building on a modular layout (HO scale) at the US RR Convention in Rodgau, Germany. I snapped a quick photo but I didn't have a chance to track down the person who built this module and ask: who makes this building?

I haven't been able to find it online (walthers, etc). It would be perfect for an empty lot on my layout.

Any ideas?

Thank you,

Guido

  Before starting to lay track on my new layout I'd like to explore the possibilities of supplemental battery power so I could only wire up the connecting tracks and leave the turnouts dead. This would greatly simplify the wiring and eliminate the need for tortoise or blue point controllers to power the frogs. It seems like a small battery could power the locos over the dead rails as long as they could recharge on the bulk of the track when running? The Stanton S-cab sounds like about what I want but I don't know anyone who has one.

Well, I want to start a small layout for Christmas in n-scale.  My son and his wife gave me a pair of micro trains PRR heavyweight passenger cars, so I thought I would do a Pennsy layout.  (they both went to school at Penn State, too, and the layout would essentially be a loosely translated Bellefonte, PA)