It’s been a while since my last post. Almost a year on from changing scale, I ran out of steam…
I have made a couple of adjustments to plans for 2020 that will affect which projects that are started, and…
Tony Koester’s recent first installment in Model Railroader about his Proto48 layout has inspired some interesting review and rethinking of…
Hunting for materials and models is part of the fun of prototype modeling. While we’re now entering the early winter…
In part 2 of this series, I said it was now time to get building. So, let’s get a start!…
In Part one of “The Ice House” we looked at some of the history associated with the small ice plant…
It took a while, but the NP Boxcar from Rails Unlimited is finished, and as a bonus, another 36′ boxcar…
Part of my RPM Chicagoland presentation this year is showing off the track plan for Merced. Part of getting ready…
As Fall settles over Northern Illinois, it’s time for me to button up layout work that needs to happen in…
Some progress has been made again on the layout. Over the recent Labor Day holiday I spent some time marking…