Still Plays with Trains…
It’s nice to see that Southern Pacific is finally getting some attention from model train makers. I just got two Athearn GP-9s with the Black Widow paint scheme and they look awesome. Yep, more HO scale stuff. No matter how hard I try to make the switch to S Scale it seems like I keep [...]
Brass Trains
I’ve been finding some really nice deals on brass trains on eBay lately, especially for steam locomotives. I picked up a very nice, brand new SP 2-6-0 a few weeks ago, then a couple of Santa Fe steamers, then just last week I picked up a very cool Sandy River & Rangley Lakes Forney in [...]
But first I splurge…
Yipee!!!! My loan got approved so next week we’ll be able to make an offer on my new man cave… err… “investment property.” But first I’m going to splurge a little. I missed out (got out-bid – really pissed me off) on a really nice Goldberg Skylane 62 kit that I’ve wanted forever so I’m [...]
Model Railroad for my Man Cave
Three of my favorite things are planes, trains, and automobiles. I’ve got the plane and automobile aspects covered pretty well but not the trains until now. My wife says I’m taking up too much room in the house so it looks like the Man Cave is the only place I have to set up a [...]