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…
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…
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…
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…
Where is the year going? We are now in July. I have been in summer mode now for over a month. I’ve been working a bit on new motive power and recently decided to include the entire Joppa Sub into Read more…
This month has sailed by. Work has kept me busy; and with the weather moderating; I have been outside more the past two weeks versus the past two months. Not much on the layout front. I did order and receive Read more…
I know I say this a lot; but this year is flying by. We are now into the second week of May! Memorial Day is right around the corner; then June 21; then July 4th. Where is the time going? Read more…
This month is flying by. I had planned a blog entry the first week of April…but here we are going into the third week. Some progress around here to report. Working on engines and freight cars again; and spring cleaning Read more…
Here we are in March. I know I keep saying in blogs past that I will update with photos…I will. But work this past week was very very busy; and I was unable to get ANY time in the train Read more…
February rolled in and reminded us that winter is still here. But, to those of us who are native southern Illinoisans; this is no surprise. We are used to getting our ice and snow in the last months of winter. Read more…