Monday, October 29, 2012

October Timonium Pictures

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Another fun time down at the train show in Timonium, MD, with the guys from Capitol Free-mo. I arrived early Saturday morni ng and most of t...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Free-mo at NE Fallen Flags RPM, Bridgewater, NJ

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This weekend I will be up in Bridgewater, NJ for the annual Northeastern Fallen Flags Prototype Modelers Meet. It is Saturday, September 29t...
Monday, September 10, 2012

November Open House Dates

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The annual model railroad month open layout tour throughout NJ, PA, DE and MD is in final preparations. this year my layout will be open on ...
Friday, August 31, 2012

End of Summer updates

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As you can tell by the inactivity here on the blog, there is not too much to report on the model railroading front during the summer months....
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Paper Buildings

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You may have noticed a recent increase in the use of and articles about using paper based materials for structures on model railroads. Lanc...
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Final benchwork and trackwork progress

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As we head towards summer, I am still trying to stay busy working on the layout and associated projects. Recent news about a nearby layout ...
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Monday, April 02, 2012

Whitefield Ball Signal

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One of the signature scenes on the Maine Central's Mountain Subdivision is the ball signal protecting the crossing with the Boston ...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

Cat-proofing the LVRC

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My Lamoille Valley track runs around the walls from St. Johnsbury to Johnson before passing through the wall into a small closet area, then...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

An update on Car Cards and Waybills

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Between other modeling projects I have slowly been finalizing my car cards and waybills. As mentioned before, I was intrigued by the more...
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Sunday, January 01, 2012

Of Operations, Car Cards and Waybills

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The February 2012 issue of Model Railroader had an interesting article on advancing the state of car cards and waybills used for operatio...
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Saturday, December 03, 2011

Visitors From Virginia

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On Saturday, December 3, I had two visitor's to the layout by special invitation. Marty McGuirk e-mailed me asking if he and Bernie Kem...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

National Model RR Month

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As always, I open my layout to the general public during November as part of National Model Railroad Month, where the goal is to show off ou...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Timonium with Captiol Free-mo

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I traveled down to Timonium, MD for the train show, again bringing my modules to connect to the Capitol Free-mo group. Despite the snow (in ...
Monday, September 12, 2011

NJ Division Open House

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On September 11th, I opened my layout for members of the New Jersey Division MER-NMRA. This happens about every 2 years as the Meet location...
Monday, August 15, 2011

Focus on trackwork

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Been busy most of the summer with other activities, but in August I was able to get back to working on the layout. After some initial clean ...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

Heat Wave

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Has it been hot enough for you? At least most of the country has been at or near 100 degrees this week. Yikes, nowhere to go but the basemen...
Friday, April 22, 2011

Free-mo Update

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A while back, I wrote about my Free-mo modules, but I have not given too many updates. Well, I have been working on them pretty steadily sin...
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Friday, March 04, 2011

Hydrocal Structure Kits

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Continuing with my structure building bug that has hit recently, I built 2 structure kits based on Hydrocal wall castings. The impetus for b...
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