I forgot to mention one of my influences in model railroading: Dave Frary's Carrabasset & Dead River model railroad. Growing up in the 1970s, you couldn't read either Model Railroader magazine or Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine without seeing Dave's Maine 2-footer (HOn3 using N scale track).
Dave Frary's Carrabasset & Dead River
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! This was posted by the Philadelphia Eagles today.
Merry Christmas everyone! The photo below is entitled "Home for over Christmas and New Year's" in a 1937 ad by the PRR.
Thank you, Veterans! My Dad served in the Army in the 1950s & my Father-in-Law served in the Marines in the 1960s.
Man, October was busy at the railroad. I didn't post anything here because there wasn't any free time. Hopefully I'll have something for November 2023.
Well, July & August 2023 were interesting times. I was so busy at the railroad that I had to skip posts here. In my almost 40-year career, I've never seen this much grain moving by rail on the Eastern Shore as I have in the past few months.
So, I'll make up for the past 2 months by sending out 3 posts (making up for July & August & then the next post for September). I'm going to post a few articles that I find interesting.
Here's Number 3: "How to live with cats and model trains," by Model Railroader Magazine, February 1, 2023:
