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Trouble on the Hudson and Hartford
My exams are all graded and I am ready to turn in the final grades for the Fall, 2010 semster. That's going to happen on Monday. I already have my teaching schedule for the Spring of 2011 so I'll be off until the end of January when college starts again. I am even prepared to finished the building I am currently working on. Then I showed my wife what had done and what I intended to do with it.
Here's a photo of what I've gotten done so you'll see what I am talking about
Looking back and looking forward
To those of you who have been in the hobby for 20 or more years (of and on), what would you say are the developments that have been the most beneficial to the hobby - and why is that? What developments in that same time period have been bad for the hobby? And why are they bad?
Now looking forward - what are the next things you think the hobby needs in order to grow and flourish? Why do you think those things will make a difference?
Any thoughts?
Progress on the Hudson and Hartford, as of December 15, 2010
It's Wednesday, December 15, 2010 and its cold here in NYC. Perfect weather for working on the Hudson and Hartford. Unfortunately. I won't get to do anything today because I have final exams to give today and that means I probably won't get home until 7 or 8 PM and then I have to start grading them because I have to hand in grades for the semester on Monday 12/20/20. But that won't stop me from letting you know what I plan to get accomplished between now and New Years.
Progress on the Hudson and Hartford
It's December 1st 2010 and it's time for a progress report on the Hudson and Hartford.
My new SD&AE blog
SP fans, when you get a chance, check out my new
SD&AE blog. http://sandiegoandarizonaeastern.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 and all is well.
Oh great, it's wednesday before Thanksgiving and I thought it was time to wish everyone here on the MRH website to:
Have a happy and wonderful holiday weekend.
Great Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Almost 7 months into the construction and building of my new railroad and im just now starting to get half a picture of what it will realy look like, the room 13'x 9' has been 90% completed i still have some sheetrock work to complete on the exterior of the room the electrical is 99% complete ( waiting on new breaker pannel instalation) and the inside of the room is 99.9% complete still need a few outlet covers, however i couldnt wait to start building my RR so 2 months ago i started the bench work for my lower level has been completed and about 50% of its trac
Progress on the Western Pacific 8th Subdivision
Much has been happening on the WP's 8th Sub, so I thought I'd share the latest. The Raft River branch was just completed, and I tested operating the first local turn to switch the lumber mill that is the branch's only customer. Raft River is at the end of a long dead-end branch that sees one train a day.
Building the Fleet
While it's true, I don't really have tracks to run a train on, one of the things I enjoy about this hobby is the wide variety of activities it includes.
In that spirit, while waiting for the glue to dry on some ballast on the first module of the Barre Branch, I decided to grab a car kit, and get started building the fleet. I'm going to try and keep my car builds contained within this thread, we'll see how well that goes!
Great Times
Just sitting here e-thumbing through the latest MRH while listening to the podcast of "The Model Railway Show"...can't help but think these are great times to be a modeler...
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