Last week, after spending way too much time reading about DCC, I took the plunge and purchased a DCC starter set (Digitrax Zephyr). The cost of the starter sets is not that steep and neither are the decoders. For me, the greatest amount of frustration I have had is with decoder installation.

BLAST FROM THE PAST ... This was originally posted in 2008, back when MRH was still just an idea in formation.

One of the trademarks of Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine will be our virtual reality images that go with our modeling project articles. Here's a little example to show you what one of these VR images is like:

We went to the Great Train Expo on Sunday here in Raleigh and they had a good many booths this time around, but one thing that really got me was the number of vendors who seem to price their items at twice the amount most people can afford to pay. Now my LTS Train Buddy had a section too, and I spent $140.00 on stuff from him because he is always 20% to 25% below MSRP for most items. This is a photo of Kim Parker at TB explaining something of importance to Monique, but I cannot remember what he was talking about.

 After a 8-year hiatus I am back into the hobby of Model Railroading. I just got done cleaning out my side of the garage when my eight-year old kindly asked if I could set up the railroad. It's my first layout -- roughly a double loop on a 4x8 sheet of plywood. The legs had long since been removed and the wiring was in a shambles. But lo and behold I was able to get trains running by the end of the day! (He was quite excited). Now I feel myself being pulled (and hopefully pulling my son along with me) back into the fun of model railroading.