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Track Work and Ballasting

It's been a while since I updated the blog. I've completed ground cover, installed trees, now I'm finishing track detailing and...

Moving Boxes

I've been working on framing the basement walls prior to drywalling. We clear a space, I put up more studding, we try to unpack boxes and...

Scratch-built ONR Canoe Car

Greetings to all you Model Railroaders who are busily working on their layout, or adding scenery, or finally building some of those kits...

Glass houses part 2

I've got several projects on the go at once. I tend to percolate ideas and wait for more research or inspiration. I've been steady at the...

Here we go again...

This business of creating videos is difficult at best. One tricky bit is getting enough light to show detail on the sides of those black...

Capturing Simcoe

I've laid out my town of Simcoe, Ontario, the parts of it I'm trying to depict. When it boils down to it you can only put in the...

The bridges of Norfolk County

When I was originally reading about the Lake Erie & Northern Railway, in John Mills book "Traction on the Grand", I was struck by one...

Upcoming Events

Rather than create and maintain a list of events, I'd like to suggest piggy-backing on an existing website. Charles Cooper maintains the...

In the Beginning...

...there was an empty, unfinished basement. Now there's a clean, L-shaped room, finished, properly lit and atmospherically controlled. As...

Past & Future on the Lake Erie & Northern

Since moving over a year ago and dismantling my home layout, I've started on another one in my new digs. I hope to share the old images...

How to publish on the blog

This article covers all the steps for posting on the blog for the first time. There is also a video tutorial that leads through all the...

Birth of a Train Club - 40 Years Ago

It was the early part of November 1975 and I was making my weekly trip to Mary Carmichael's Hobby shop at the SW corner of Water St and...

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