September has arrived. It’s certainly been an interesting year thus far. A rollercoaster of emotions to say the least. The year started off with the loss of my final brother George in January. I made a few more trips out to California to help my niece and sister with what Read more…
The STL RPM Meet is in the books. Overall, I would say it is still a great show; and I enjoyed the show; but don’t know how many more I will attend. The clinic lineup could have been better; and we don’t see the announcements that we used to there…but Read more…
The year continues to fly by at a record pace…so it seems. Just starting to feel good about things in the personal realm as well. As for the hobbies…well, Athearn has just announced an all-new SD50 in their Genesis line. This engine is re-tooled from the ground up…and includes two Read more…
I know…I missed a month. The month of May actually flew by without my thoughts being put in writing about anything remotely related to model trains. But, that’s okay. I am back here in June and am busy planning things for the future of the layout and home. Life has Read more…
A lot of changes yet again this year. Moved to a new home in April 2024. We couldn’t come to agreement on the house in West Frankfort, and had to let that place finally go. I made yet another trip out west to my late brothers’ home; to help my Read more…
Rolling right along into March. Getting ready to finally lay down some track here in West Frankfort. I am going to revise the layout plan with Bob Sprague as soon as funds allow to do so; but it will basically be the same plan as in MR; albeit with the Read more…
The new year is already flying along. We sailed through January and pretty much without a hitch. Yeah, there were a couple of days of bad weather and some cold temperatures; but otherwise a pretty mild January in my honest opinion. I dealt with another personal loss on January 21. Read more…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Here we are at the end of another calendar year. Where did the time go? A lot has happened here in the past 12 months; and we are getting ready to finally close the chapter on a tumultuous 2023 here at the house. As I stated last Read more…
This year is quickly coming to an end. The layout (original plan) was published in Model Railroader magazine in the January 2024 issue. It’s been a dream of mine to have my layout published in Model Railroader; and I am grateful to Bob Sprague for doing the article and collaborating Read more…
Well, I might have finally turned the corner with a variety of things in life. After a brief visit to my brother and sister in California in the early part of the month, I have again realized that life is indeed too short. Over the past year I have dealt Read more…