Changes abound here. The home repairs are in full swing…new bathrooms; new kitchen; new carpet. The good news is things are going well. Getting ready for the RPM and National Train shows this year. I will most likely get a COVID booster (my second one) to be safe when I Read more…
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 for this moment; that I can’t believe it is finally Read more…
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 been busy with some major upgrades in equipment over the Read more…
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 retiring from work finally in the Spring. I have a Read more…
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 month or so; working is taking precedence over everything right Read more…
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 design for the new place; and Bob will start on Read more…
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 wake of the deadly tornado outbreak last weekend. We are Read more…
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 Hopper car order and the latest run of the ExactRail 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 that model railroading and hobbies are at an all time 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 the new house. These two modules will be built on Read more…