It’s Always Going To Be Something

I saw this photo by Barry Lennon that someone had posted on the O Scale Trains Magazine forum. If you promise to come back and finish the post, here’s the link to Barry’s Flickr gallery. I can’t help myself. I love photos like this. If you’ve...

An update or two

I’ve been busy with development work for the company, so just a short update or two this week. Weeding the yard Scenery progress along the CSX interchange is shaping up nicely. To refresh your memory, here’s what I started with and then how it looks today....

Weeding the yard

Last week I outlined my frustrations with a portion of the layout. The main sticking point being that this section (photo below) didn’t relate visually to other areas. The primary reason was that I felt these tracks were too neat and clean. As you can see from the...

One Layout or Two?

Sometimes it feels like I have two layouts that just happen to be joined in the middle. Although it doesn’t look that way from the photo above, that’s how it often seems to me. The two halves of my layout have a different feel to them and this is creating...

Why

Why did I switch to quarter-inch scale from HO? Only one reason really: The track. I’ve always been fascinated by prototype trackwork, especially the downtrodden branchlines and lowly sidings that are past their prime. For as long as I’ve been in the...