I snapped a few photos while cleaning the office this spring. What's on your railroad bookshelf?



The majority of my railroad books and some of my timetables are shown here. The top shelf of books are odd-sized editions while the bottom two shelves are general library items. The organizer at the top holds CTC Board, Railfan & Railroad, Railpace, and historical society magazines.




My fourth shelf of general railroad books and my railroad DVDs and tapes. The spindle in the middle is video shot by a good friend during his travels.




Small-sized employee timetables in a plastic tub. Penn Central is the dominant road here but I also spot timetables from Santa Fe, Hillsdale County, Pioneer Railcorp, Southern Pacific, and Fox River Valley and likely lots more in the envelopes.




Two signed editions pulled from my bookshelves. Jim Boyd signed Outbound Trains last August while Greg McDonnell signed Heartland, my favorite railroad book, two summers ago when he visited Deshler, Ohio.

Hi Guys,

Have any of you converted the factory direct/overland trackmobile to DCC ? or know of a ''how to'' on doing so preferably with pictures ?

Why must the eastern roads get all the attention?



Woodland, IL 12-19-04




Elmhurst, IL 5-26-03




Rochelle, IL 12-18-04

I just saw that Roco is coming out with an HOn30 (H0e) Fairlie. Certainly an interesting model!
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It looks (to me) like it is based off of a Ffestiniog locomotive (Wales...the inspiration for the D&RG).
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The model would make an excellent starting point for the D&RG's most unique locomotive...the Mountaineer!
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I thought I would report some good news for a change.

Muskoka Computes and Hobbies is doubling it's size. I am expanding my shop. It is a combination Computer and Model Railroad shop. We are moving to a bigger location still on Main Street in Huntsville and still selling worldwide. We will still have the free shipping offer as well. Check out the site, it will be expanded very soon.

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July 20th will be the big re-opening. The website will be updated that weekend.

Ok...I am also a member of a die cast collecting forum. They are having a "Show Us Your Hot Wheels Collection" contest, sponsered by the owner of the forum. There were a couple of nice collections. But this guy....over 6,500!(he said he that was his last count....15 years ago)
Well....look for yourself. I did get permission to repost these here, and this is just a teaser...He had some ON THE CEILING!
Guess my 800 Nascar pieces are just a drop in the bucket.......

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no, I'm not talking about improving health habits or anything like that! I've been looking at photos of this section of my layout...

and I'm not happy with it. I figure that posting a thread about it might motivate me to make some improvements. The steel mill flats in the background are pasted to the backdrop so I'm looking at ripping them out as a last resort. I'm pondering adding details to the buildings and also squeezing in some foliage between them and the elevated track to create an illusion of distance and also one of urban greenery gone wild... I'll post attempts as I try them.

OK, just about to hit the "Submit" button...do I really want to put this out there?

Ralph (who sometimes benefits from external motivation!)

I have 2 books, actually 1 book and a 70+ page pamphlet to give to whoever, whomever, whichever, or whatever wants them. I am asking a total price of zilch, nada, diddly naught for each one. Possibly cheaper if you open up and purchase both. All you military and useta was's are trained to take anything free, but let's give these others a "chance".

Lynn

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