It’s been a month and a bit since my 1×4 shelf layout became a reality and there have been some updates to talk about. The reception has been positive so far and at least a couple times a day someone stops by my desk to talk about the layout, ask train questions or to talk about […]
Look at my wonderful box of kittens waiting to be taken to GNMRE tonight for some exercise Front to back B&O 8408 SW1 – Walthers Mainline B&O 5606 GP7 – Bachmann B&O 4139 GP40 – Bachmann C&O 8217 U30B – Atlas Master C&O 8226 BQ23-7 – Bachmann B&O 7612 SD40-2 – Athearn
So last week at work in my new desk I was working away and had a few trains on display like I always have and someone was like “those trains are cool you should run them around your cube!”. Continuous circuit running is kinda boring to me so while I was going to take the suggestion […]
Remember that Chessie SD40-2 I was restoring back to health a few months ago? Here’s the latest on that project. After my last restoration post I had got some standard Kadee #5 couplers into the Athearn coupler box but I didn’t like that the metal centering plate stuck out a bit. I also tried putting […]
I remember when I was a kid and you could pick up the best rolling stock on the market for $10-20. Of course that was 20 years ago and there has been some inflation to add to that… Currently for a mid range car you are looking at about $20 and something really good 30 […]