Yes it's always sad to see a shop close, but we have to remember, these are mom and pop businesses and if no one in the family is interested in...
I understand completely. My start in the hobby begin in 1967 with an Athearn HO scale train set. I modeled in HO until 1988, when life through me...
Hi C&O Mountain Man, Sorry to hear of your issues. I would suggest filling out a missing mail forum on the USPS web site. I've heard all the...
My most recent purchases are the Intermountain F7A's in the Western Maryland "Trail Blazer" aka Circus Paint Scheme. [ATTACH] At the time of...
Hi George, Sadly because of my work schedule I can only attend Friday and Saturday, but I'm already registered for the convention and train ride....
Hi George, I was right there with you and Mike. Here are a couple of my favorite trucking songs, never got a chance to ask Mike if he listened to...
Hi Mike W, Thank your for the link, sadly it's not good news. Mike (Secret Weapon) Sabia was only a few years older than me and we shared many...
The news I heard about the woo woo shop in Maryland is the owner passed and the family didn't want to be in the hobby shop business, so they sold...
My latest purchase from my LHS. The Intermountain F7A's in the Wild Mary's Circus (Trail Blazer) Paint Scheme. [ATTACH] And one I picked up...
Anyone in the Pittsburgh, PA Area, the Carnegie Science Center is having their Annual Locomotion Weekend this weekend (January 13, 14) which will...
Hi Mike, Thank you for posting photos so far of your trip to Japan. Did you have any problems getting around in Japan language wise? Are all signs...
Hello Group, I've been making some modifications to my Atlas MP15DC to try and give it a more Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad like appearance. The...
The members of an online group I belong to were interested in how I run a ops session on my 24" x 80" Hollow Core Door layout. Here is a video I...
Hi George, One of my fond memories as a kid was our visits to the Buhl Planetarium miniature railroad & village during Christmas....
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Yes, I remember when Sears and JC Penney sold trains along with G.C. Murphy, Kmart (Where my Maternal Grandmother purchased my first N scale train...
Hi BNSF Fan, My journey down this path may have started just a little earlier, as my Grandmother told me I use to watch trains at her house when I...
So this explains why ExactRail shut down TrainLife. I'm glad to see ExactRail has found a new home with Scale Trains and I look forward to seeing...
Hi Rick, I was a member of a local model railroad club years ago and we had one member who came to the club every Thursday work night, drank a...
Hi Rick, You ask a very hard question to answer, why do we like trains and specifically model trains? My first answer is, I really don't know why?...
