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Colorado Front Range February 2016 update --- Carpentry Construction is Done
Carpentry Construction is Done.......Scenery to start soon! I am so glad to be done with the the room is finish trim is done and now I can focus on the track work and start Scenery.
Mike
[video embedding corrected - Bill]
Helmutstadt
Currently there is thread discussing "MRH babies" ( http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/25489 ). My layout is most definetely one born after I began reading MRH, but so far I have never blogged about it for two reasons:
1- It is a chainsaw layout, designed from its beginning to be a skill development project, and then disposed of.
2- It is not US themed
In the "MRH Babies" thread Dave (user skillof) suggested that non-US themed layouts should be part of this forum, so here it is:
ELTCo - A backyard Two-Footer to be
Hello again, it's been a while since I've been on here. I'm currently in the process of getting into outdoor railroading. Not exactly model railroads though. This time, I'm interested in building a two footer. The line will be run off of household current run through an overhead, and the line will be mostly operated by trolleys once I can build some, but until then my project will be to a) build a compressed air locomotive, b) get a source of something decent to use for track, and c) work out a system of overhead which is safe, simple, affordable, and doable.
Now on Facebook: Mr. DCC
Well, I've taken the Facebook plunge.
Once I got a personal account, I found that a stub had been built for Mr. DCC https://www.facebook.com/763811727097319
I've corrected it and fleshed it out a bit. I'm still getting into the swing of Facebook, so, some of my work may be archaic or bumbling. Bear with me.
Feel free to ask or discuss DCC questions there.
Wall Street Journal - End of the line for model trains?
The Wall Street Journal just ran an article commenting that model trains as a hobby may be dying. What do you think?
What a wife - Happy Valentine's Day!
The Mrs. gave me a complete set of Pan Pastels as a Valentine gift! Boy, do I love that woman!
Defining a mastery program for the 21st Century
Okay, there's been a lot of theoretical discussion about what's wrong with the current Master Model Railroader program of the NMRA.
Let's get out of theoretical space and start defining how YOU would design a mastery of model railroading program for the 21st century.
Pursuing MMR via the Bermuda Railway & Free-mo
**This is NOT a place for commentary for or against the NMRA or the MMR program. Take that somewhere else**
Train Room Artwork
I got around to putting up some artwork in the "train room" and wanted to share it with others in the community.
My Solution: The Darby Creek Low Grade Line
The solution to my problem is the Pennsylvania Railroad’s proposed Darby Creek Low Grade Line and its proposed Fernwood Extension. My “prototype” could be a plausible “What if …?” version of the Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad.
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