There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” I find myself writing this article while on a train in Germany headed to Switzerland. For those that don’t know, the largest model railway system is Miniatur Wunderland, according to Guinness World Records. My wife spent […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” A couple of weeks ago I was in Las Vegas for another Dance Dads weekend with my daughter. I knew the Nevada Southern Live Steamers were having a run day so I was able to sneak […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” It’s fun to run trains with friends. I almost didn’t go to the Kanab Train Show but I took the time because I wanted to have fun with my friends and run some trains. It’s a […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” If you haven’t heard yet, Kevin Anderson is officially MMR #752! Congrats Kevin! Last weekend Rick and Kevin helped with doing evaluations at Lowell’s house. Before that Bob helped prepare Lowell for our arrival so we […]

Kevin Anderson is the newest MMR in our Division. He is also the last one awarded the honor in 2023. He is MMR #752. I believe I personally signed off on every certificate and award. He worked hard to achieve this accomplishment. When he joined our division he had been […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” Among other things, I’ve been working on a new Free-mo module. I know, I still have to “finish” my other ones but I like having lots of projects going on at once. Before getting the track […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” As I anticipated, we rode a number of trains while on our trip. In fact, on one of the trains it showed we were traveling at 299Km/h which I calculate to be 186 mph! Now that’s […]

We want to remind everyone that this weekend is our annual train show that we host for the public. It is also a chance for some of the local clubs to display their portable layouts. I know the OT&W have been making progress on their club HO layout that is […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” This month’s selfie is a 2-in-1. I took one when we started running trains at the Fall Festival in Saratoga Springs at Shay Park, then another on 25 one of the last runs of the night. […]