Around The Layout Podcast

Another suggestion from me: if you haven't done so already, go & sign-up & listen to Ray Arnott, Jr.'s Around The Layout podcast. You can find it here:

Around The Layout

There's also a fan page on Facebook:

Friends of the Around The Layout Podcast

Go listen!

The Words "Just" and "Only"

Lance Mindheim's Perspective article in the December 2024 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine is EXACTLY why I created this page. I do have the space to build a medium-sized model railroad, but I don't have the time thanks to work & family. Of course, the real railroad takes A LOT of my time & the rest of the time is devoted to my family, so modeling time is very, very limited. Take a look at this article & see if you might be in the same situation(s).

RMC December 2024 Perspective Article

Boomer Diorama

I want to mention one of the great modelers I follow (& suggest you follow it too) is Boomer Diorama | River Road on YouTube. Here's a link to his work:

Boomer Diorama | River Road

He does some fantastic scratch building. I also fall in line with his thoughts on modeling, in general.

From what I can tell, Boomer is only on YouTube (no other social media - I can't blame him for that).

DuPont Seaford, DE in 1939

I love this shot of the DuPont Company's plant in Seaford, DE on the Cambridge Secondary Track in 1939 - right after they opened shared by the Seaford Delaware, a look back in time page. Take a look at not all of those automobiles, but their makes & models!

DuPont plant in Seaford, DE in 1939, unknown photographer, Seaford Delaware, a look back in time collection

Happy Labor Day!

 Happy Labor Day everyone!

"Right here...Half of All the Nations Industrial Workers" from the PRR in 1948.

Work Keeps Expanding

Mid-August 2024, the railroad I work for (Delmarva Central Railroad, part of Carload Express) put in official notice with the Surface Transportation Board that we plan on purchasing part of the Maryland & Delaware Railroad & making part of the Delmarva Central Railroad. There's future plans to purchase the remaining M&D & making it a separate railroad within the Carload Express family.

So I started my railroad career (in July 1984) on the Delaware Coast Line Railroad. Delmarva Central took over both the Georgetown-Lewes & the Ellendale-Milton lines on January 1, 2019.

Now in 2024, we taking over part of the M&D Snow Hill Line & (eventually) one of the railroad lines I model - the Cambridge Line (Seaford - Cambridge). I don't know what the future brings for the line west of Hurlock, MD, but I think the future is looking bright for the former M&D lines.

The notice to the STB was filed August 20, 2024, to acquire part of the MDDE Snow Hill Line & here's the link to the STB:

STB 2024 Filings Page

Happy 4th of July!

 Happy 4th of July! The PRR advertisement is "Ringing Out Liberty" by N.C. Wyeth in 1929.

"Ringing Out Liberty" PRR Advertisement by N.C. Wyeth in 1929