Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
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A mad model railroaders adventures in modelling Toronto's Liberty Village in the 1950's.
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
4d ago
Flashback January #2 – InterCity Electric at Glasgow Central. Another shot taken in 1996/97 or 1998. I am leaning to this one being 1996/7 as I took a trip during the school year with my dad to Ireland, and we took a quick run to see my grandparents on my moms side, by Ferry from ..read more
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
1w ago
Flashback January #1 – Going through some photos and organizing stuff around Christmas motivated me to do some flashbacks on Tuesday Train this month. First up, a Scotrail (see the swoosh on the cab end) Class 156 in Strathclyde Public Transport orange passes through Lenzie Station. I’m still trying to figure out exactly what year ..read more
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
1w ago
As I wrote about earlier in the week, I got back into my CAD package and started to drag myself forward on the windows of Toronto Carpet. This weekend I finished that work in between the usual routine of watching English Premier League football and household cleaning/chores. Part of my problem has long been that ..read more
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
2w ago
Once I was done work for 2024, I decided it was time to end the year on a high with a bit of a kick. Strangely, that meant firing up my old computer and getting to some much delayed drawing work on windows for Toronto Carpet. The small portion of the building I am modelling ..read more
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
2w ago
1825-2025 – The date of September 27, 1825 is generally considered to be the birth of the modern railway with the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the United Kingdom. As such, the railway industry in the United Kingdom, both the modern and heritage sectors are throwing a year of events to celebrate ..read more
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
2w ago
Its that time of year again, the end, where we look back at what we’ve done, and think about what is to come in the new year. 2024 has been a year, a good year, both in the layout room/workshop and in the real world. We continue to find our new normal as we deal ..read more
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
2w ago
Well wow, this is the third year (2022 & 2023 before) I’ve kept track of books I’ve read with a mind to a blog post, and wow did I ever knock it out of the park this year. I sailed through 52 books this year, winding up with an incredible 61 books. I have to ..read more
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
2w ago
The End…of 2024 at least! CP 9808 brings up the rear of CPKC Train 112 near Levack Ontario, north of Sudbury as it heads south toward its next stop at Vaughan Intermodal Terminal outside of Toronto ..read more
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
2w ago
I sometimes write to keep track of my thinking. I generate a lot of “Ooooh I’d like to do that” thoughts, some of which become reality, some of which just become distractions to the construction of the Liberty Village Layout. I touch on it a bit in my partially written “Year in Review” post coming ..read more
Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction
2w ago
No, I didn’t ride on horseback…but some order was restored. In looking for some motivation on my workbench, the past two nights I’ve been working on a 12×12 HO Scale non railroad diorama, and in a fit of masochism, I decided to paint the black and white checkerboard floor using Evergreen 1/8 square styrene patterned ..read more