What's New?

7/11/10

Completed a scratch built boxcar lettered for the Bluestone Southern.

7/6/10

Completed the Camellia - a parlor car.   Also featured on One to Twenty Point Me.

3/7/10

Completed my Mikado.

2/14/10

Added plumbing to my Mikado.   Update the cab page.

1/31/10

Updated the Running Gear section on my Mikado locomotive.  Also added sections on Valve Gear, Boiler, and Cab.

12/04/09

An article on making loads removable was published in Garden Railways December 2009.

11/18/09

Scratch built boxcar for the Kaskaskia Valley Railway

8/9/09

Started documenting the construction of a 1:20 Mikado; I actually started in April 2009.

8/08/09

Added a page of just a few photos from the 2009 American Invasion.

7/12/09

I rebuilt my Ten Wheeler after a wreck destroyed the cab and other parts.

6/7/09

Added a page describing how I scratch-built a ventilated boxcar.

2/14/09

Yard Office - a scratch built structure.  Published in Garden Railways April 2009.

1/13/09

Updated my Tank Cars to show all of my tank cars with a separate page for the GRAMPS.

12/28/08

Added Goodson Hardware and Golding’s Cafe a set of scratch built structures

11/12/08

Added McCown Freight. and a page on our visit to the Kaskaskia Valley Railway.

10/26/08

Added Salmons Produce - a scratchbuilt structure.

9/12/08

Redid the caboose page and added section on building a logging caboose from scratch.

8/29/08

Added page on building operating glad hands. An article detailing how to build gladhands was published in the October 2008 issue of Garden Railways.

8/27/08

Belatedly added pictures from various trips: Eastern RRCCR, and POC

8/26/08

Added pictures from Invasion 2008

5/25/08

Added a scratch built bank.

5/25/08

Turntable published in April 08 Garden Railways.   Rearranged Events                              

2/23/08

Completed a refrigerator car lettered for Port Orford Coast

12/8/07

Completed a motorcar based on a Bachmann Rail Truck

10/23/07

Rebuilt my light inspection car using a Stomper base.

10/23/07

Changed the pictures on the turntable page. The yard area is ballasted now.

10/09/07

Added a page on turning my Bachmann Ten Wheeler into a 1:20 Mogul.

6/29/07

“How to build a boxcar” published in August 2007 Garden Railways

6/10/07

Details for constructing an all-steel boxcar.

5/14/07

My switch stand article was published in the June issue of Garden Railways

5/5/07

Added some pictures for my live steam Shay

3/13/07

Completed Matheson Textiles

1/15/07

Started work on Matheson Textiles, a scratch built building made from acrylic.

1/12/07

Redid the rolling stock section and added some new boxcars and construction details.

1/3/07

Boxcab article is published in Garden Railways

11/6/06

Scratch built a turntable

9/27/06

Added Switch stand page

9/27/06

Updated the Bridges and Trestles page.

7/30/06

Trestle and Layout Progress Update

7/24/06

Added a page for the American Invasion, 2006

3/12/06

A look at redesigning for operations

1/8/06

Started a boxcab diesel Project

1/28/06

Posted Ten Wheeler pictures

12/16/05

Built a light inspection car.

8/1/05

Started on a 1:20 Ten Wheeler

6/27/05

Started a 4 wheel caboose project

6/18/05

Some Summer Shots

5/17/05

Added Rolling Stock Carrier.

4/30/05

Added  RGS East Visit