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2016 in Review

2016 in Review

In retrospect, I will remember 2016 as the year that I discovered operations. I knew early on that I wanted to build the layout so that it would be more than a railfanning concept and could eventually...

2016 in Review

In retrospect, I will remember 2016 as the year that I discovered operations. I knew early on that I wanted to build the layout so that it would be more than a railfanning concept and could eventually...

Have you ever smashed a model?

I mean really trashed it. And not to recreate a prototype photo or to model an effect. Have you ever been soooo FRUSTRATED that something wasn't working out the way...

Have you ever smashed a model?

I mean really trashed it. And not to recreate a prototype photo or to model an effect. Have you ever been soooo FRUSTRATED that something wasn't working out the way...

Operating the QGRY... and a revised track plan!

Operating the QGRY... and a revised track plan!

First, the revised track plan. Many thanks to Sheldon Frankel, the owner of the Q&NE, and a professional civil engineer who happens to have worked for the railways. No better...

Operating the QGRY... and a revised track plan!

First, the revised track plan. Many thanks to Sheldon Frankel, the owner of the Q&NE, and a professional civil engineer who happens to have worked for the railways. No better...

September 10th, 1976

Yesterday I had the pleasure to be a guest operator on the Waterloo Region Model Railroad Club. I was invited by Chris van der Heide because he kindly replied to my last...

September 10th, 1976

Yesterday I had the pleasure to be a guest operator on the Waterloo Region Model Railroad Club. I was invited by Chris van der Heide because he kindly replied to my last...

Rules, rules, rules!

So I finally went out and bought myself a copy of the 2016 Canadian Trackside Guide. The book by the Bytown Railway Society is "the comprehensive listing of Canadian railways including...

Rules, rules, rules!

So I finally went out and bought myself a copy of the 2016 Canadian Trackside Guide. The book by the Bytown Railway Society is "the comprehensive listing of Canadian railways including...

HO/NOT TO SCALE

HO/NOT TO SCALE

Spent yesterday in Cobourg, and caught a very interesting show at the Art Gallery of Northumberland on the 3rd Floor of Victoria Hall. MICRO MACRO features the amazing photographs of...

HO/NOT TO SCALE

Spent yesterday in Cobourg, and caught a very interesting show at the Art Gallery of Northumberland on the 3rd Floor of Victoria Hall. MICRO MACRO features the amazing photographs of...