A huge congratulations to Doug! When receiving his award he shared a story that basically said in becoming a MMR is a way to make one a better modeler. Also it took 25+ years to get to this point. Well said. Yes, when Doug started working on his paperwork a […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” There are train shows to go to – or in our case, host. Why do we host a train show every year? I have asked the board that question several times over the last decade. There […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” Sometimes you drive for hours to go to another state and set up modules with other people (some you know and others you might not) and then run your trains! One of the cool things about […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” My oldest daughter got married! I’ve shared my love of trains with her since she was born. In fact, her first word was Shay (Although my wife disagrees.) I was holding her as we walked by […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” Once every couple of years I take my little train to Shay Park. Although it’s tiny compared to the club locomotive, it’s still fun to bring it out and take it around the track. Sharing this […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” I recently volunteered to help with parking at the Lehi Rodeo and guess what? The train tracks are right next to the rodeo grounds! As a bonus for my service I got to see Frontrunner go […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” This last month has been full of train activities. I saw lots of the full sized ones in Durango. Here I am with one of my buddies who works down there. I built and helped install […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” Almost every month there’s some convention or activity. This last month I attended the Sn3 Symposium. I wondered why it was called a symposium instead of convention. Well, the definition says it is a conference to […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” With modular layouts you can build them in your basement and then take them to the train show to share with others! Here I am with two of my modules. When setup at a train show […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” Sometimes you get to see the real trains our models represent! I don’t have this exact locomotive but I have a couple similar ones. I need this one now. It was cool seeing it in person […]