Friday, September 18, 2009

Layout construction for phase 3

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Well, with some things behind me like the NMRA national, vacations and other summer stuff, I am getting back to working on the layout. Actu...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

B&M "Un" Covered Bridge

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While on vacation in New Hampshire this year, we did a hike along Snyder Brook to see some waterfalls. The trail starts along Rt. 2 a litt...
Friday, July 10, 2009

HN2009: Day 5 - 7/10

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Friday in Hartford and it is time for the National Train Show (and agreeing with Tony Koester that this should be the NMRA Train Show really...
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Thursday, July 09, 2009

HN2009: Day 4 - 7/9

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Thursday at HN2009 is all about clinics with no other excursions planned. Plenty to chose from with 3 morning, 3 afternoon and 3 evening tim...
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HN2009: Day 3 - 7/8

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Tuesday morning, up early to head to the Danbury Rail Museum, it is an hour or so bus ride before we arrive. The museum is located in the de...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

HN2009: Day 2 - 7/7

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An early morning departure by bus takes us to Thomaston to the RR Museum of New England, home of the Naugatuck RR. A small collection of equ...
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Monday, July 06, 2009

HN2009: Arrival - 7/6

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Just got up to Hartford, having driven up this morning. About a 4 hour drive, uneventful and not too much traffic. Great weather for a drive...
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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...