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May 2022
I am now officially a full time Model Railroader and DOC Retiree. My last day was April 29, 2022. I am ready to turn the page and begin anew with my lifetime pursuits. I have been waiting for so long Read more…
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April 2022
Well, I officially retire from work at the end of this month. I am looking forward to getting back to hobbies and pursuits that I have not been able to get to while work and COVID took precedence. I have Read more…
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March 2022
Well, February passed us by…and I was not sorry to see it go. Three weeks of ice and snow…enough already! Here we are in the first full week of March 2022. Lots of things going on around here. I am Read more…
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February 2022
And, now, we’re in February. The snow storm from 2021 last year repeated itself again this year. Not as cold; but just as sloppy and tough on travel and work. Work has been hectic; as it has been a long Read more…
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January 2022
Happy New Year!!! I have started again in earnest on the layout during the cold weather months. With house prices higher than a kite in March, we are going to sit tight for now. I am going ahead with the Read more…
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December 2021
The Year 2021 is almost in the books. Here we are in the second week of December with 64 degree temperatures. Who would have guessed that? Of course, there are those of us who have suffered tremendous loss in the Read more…
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November 2021
The year continues to speed by us. Here we are with the Holidays upon our calendars. Not a lot going on around here other than the usual procrastination or inaction. I did take delivery of the both my ExactRail custom Read more…
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October 2021
Here we are in October, 2021. The Delta Variant is raging in Marion County, IL; and across Southern Illinois. It’s like some Orwellian nightmare at times. Will things ever get back to normal? I don’t know. All I know is Read more…
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September 2021
Lots of stuff going on around here. Finally making some progress on the layout again after a hiatus. I am going with a LDE (Layout Design Element) based on Karnak and Joppa IL for this part until I move to Read more…
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August 2021
The year is certainly cruising by us at record speed. It seems like the days and weeks have flown. I just finished visiting the St. Louis RPM and I have to admit; it was nice to be back at the Read more…