We finished our first 2 weeks of our cruise. I didn’t blog as we spent a lot of days on the sea and we were busy when we were in the port. I am reenergized as one of our friends, Bob blogged everyday. Our sea days were filled with eating, eating, and more eating.…
Every Spring, my train layout needs some work. The freezing, the leaves and the rain cause havoc on my train layout. After several years I have decided the layout needed some major work. For Christmas instead of presents from my children I ask for work on the train. This past two weeks, I have had…
Day 15 (February 4th, 2024) was another sea day. A little tense as we sailed through the Taiwan Strait today. No jets nor destroyers sighted so looks like no problems today. We were not far from Taiwan and China. Nana and I have settled into our routine. We get up early, play basketball at 6:30am…
One of my goals for this hobby and my layout in my back yard was to keep my grandchildren involved and excited about the different aspects of model railroading. One of the ways to do this is to keep it very personal and have them involved. Here is JP helping me test Percy On their…
My daughter and son-in-law live in Germany in an apartment. They have two children and part of my theme with the grandchildren are trains. We gave 14 grandchildren so that takes a lot of work ! After some discussion they decided to install a shelf layout train in their living room. In order to work through…
This will be an ongoing blog for the first half of the cruise. Check out part 2 for more of the story We are off on a 4 week adventure to Asia. We start in Singapore and end in Tokyo. We stop in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, china, South Korea, and Japan. We left on January 16, 2024…
One of my goals for this hobby and my layout in my back yard was to keep my grandchildren involved and excited about the different aspects of model railroading. One of the ways to do this is to keep it very personal and have them involved. On their 8th birthday, I let them pick…
I was very happy to attend the National Garden Railroad Convention 2022 in Denver Colorado this year. The club was great and put on a great convention. Thanks to all who helped out. As usual the highlights of the convention were the layouts at the homes that I was able to visit. All were great…
Nothing like a end goal to get your layout cleaned up and working. We hosted the cub scouts and the Atlanta Garden Railroad Club GGRS this past weekend. It was a great day and a great turnout. All week long before the open house the weather was great with no rainfall. All the family came…
Over time the wheel block gears on the G-Scale Kalamazoo Toy Train Steam Locomotives fail. The issue is that there is a plastic gear attached to the drive shaft for the wheels. Over time the plastic gear wears out. Kalamazoo Toy Trains went out of business a long time ago and only used locomotives are…
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