Tuesday, June 30, 2009

HN2009 National Convention

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I also want to mention that I will be at the NMRA National Convention next week up in Hartford, CT. I will be giving a couple of clinics, bu...

Unbuilt Kits Stash takes a hit

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The next big project up for the layout will be removing the temporary benchwork along the far wall to put in the permanent benchwork, track ...
Friday, March 20, 2009

The Calais Free-mo Module Project

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Just a quick note that I am working on a set of Free-mo modules in the hopes of drumming up interest here in the greater NJ and PA area. I...
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Thursday, February 05, 2009

LVRC Caboose 200 Arrives!

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I got home on a snowy night this week and went to the mailbox. Inside was a brown box. I grabbed it and headed back up the snow covered dri...
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Layout Fascia

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One comment from a recent posting asked me to elaborate a little on my layout's fascia. In general I use quarter-inch Birch plywood fro...
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Monday, January 12, 2009

Locomotive Projects

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As mentioned earlier, I spent some time working on locomotive and car projects. This I guess was a natural follow up to all of the caboose w...
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Thursday, December 18, 2008

Happy Holidays!

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Happy Holidays to everyone out there. Here is a photo I staged on the layout for the season. Enjoy:
Thursday, December 04, 2008

Busy Fall

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I have not posted anything since my return from the NER Syracuse convention but that was not because I have not been busy. I hosted an open ...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

NER Syracuse Day 3

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Saturday here and the weather has stayed cloudy with the threat of rain. We got some tips about a lot of CSX westbound traffic moving on Sat...
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Friday, September 12, 2008

NER Syracuse Day 2

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Friday starts off cloudy with rain threatening. I registered late for this convention so I am not doing any of the prototype tours this year...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

NER Syracuse Day 1

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Like last year, I am at the Fall NER Convention and will be posting what is going on here to my blog, at least once a day, maybe more. Day 1...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Caboose Work

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I have been in a caboose state of mind lately. Having gotten a few new cabooses over the past year, I decided to round them all up and do so...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Lamoille Valley caboose

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So I was checking my e-mail and looking at the usual new release e-mails I get from my supplier (Mitch at Hobbies USA) when I scrolled down ...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

NJ Division / RPM Meet

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Not too much to report on the layout front over the past few months. Lots of other things have been keeping me busy, but I do hope to get to...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

November Open House

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With the NER Fall Convention done, I turned my attention to getting some things done on the layout in preparation for the November Open Hous...
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Saturday, October 20, 2007

NER Albany Convention Update Day #3

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This morning I am heading out on the Port of Albany Tour. Two large buses are here, so it looks like more than half of those in attendance w...
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