After being in boxes for years, I decided to take these cars out and put them on my inglenook though it is not complete.

While ago I had save some sites that developed some products regarding sound for your layout. Somehow I lost those sites and was wondering if anyone knows of any sites that have products that you can attach to your layout for sound. I dont have any DCC locomotives so the sound system would have to be a complete system by itself. One site that I can not find now, had a sound system of a train running on a track. It had a sep board horns. Does anyone know of this site or any like it as I like to add some sound to my layout for my grandkids.

No biggie for most, but this is the first time any photos of my previous layout have been published in a paper magazine - the March 2014 issue of L&N Magazine.  I couldn't actually post a copy of a photo of the magazine is it might violate copyright laws, but below are the pictures that they published on the page opposite the back cover.

The first photo was taken by my good modeler friend Bob Wheeler.  The photo became my "keystone" photo for the layout; that is, my favorite and most shared.

I have a Gnawing desire to have a Smoking steam engine, that works. I have an older model Lionel that does real well with its smoke, but as it is on a track going around the room above my head I really only get glimpses. But it does work. On the other hand I've purchased two HO models that have me perplexed.