Poland Pilgrimage

Well our family if off to Europe for an interesting adventure.  Our main purpose of the visit is to visit Poland and do a pilgrimage with our church.  That starts this coming Tuesday. Today I am in Vienna Austria to help support Haley and Erin in a half Ironman.  They call it Ironman 70.3 and…

Finished Laying all of the Track

Yeah ! finished laying the final track tonight.  I was waiting on some Hardboards to finish up the side spurs.  I finally got everything finished and laid out.  Everyone keeps asking me when I will be finished and I tell them in about 3 years and they don’t believe it.  Laying the track is just…

Adding DCC controls to the Locomotives

I have selected 2 ways I want to control my locomotives on the track at the Peachtree City house.  One way is radio control using the RCS system with battery power and the second way is using DCC via track power.  Both have their advantages and disadvantages and my intent is to install both in…

Finished Last City Loop

I finished the last city loop this weekend.  This city is slated to be the Notre Dame city for the Kalamazoo Toy Train Notre Dame Locomotive and cars.  I found this set in a local model railroad store that was used.  It was a fantastic buy and since them I have bought additional Kalamazoo Toy…

Creating the Pool Siding

One of the sidings that I wanted to create was a place for the trains and locomotives to be able to go and be covered from the elements.   Because the back yard slopes down so much and because our basement is finished, I decided to create a siding that goes into the pool area.…