Building the Peachtree City Layout

Well the Peachtree City layout was a hit and I decided to build that first.  I worked on many different layouts and options. Once I knew the basic requirements I started to order track and other items.  Ebay was my favorite stop to try to find used equipment.  I was bidding on different items 2-3…

Model Railroad Plan for the Lakehouse

After completion of the exterior work I decided to get working on the layout plan.  Of course being the computer guru that I am I had to have a computer program to plan the layout and I found the perfect program.  I downloaded it and got started right away on planning the layout….. wel not…

Lakehouse Train Layout Vision

In 2009 Suzanna and I bought a house on Lake Lanier. I was doing a lot of sailing on the lake and the sailing club was about 1.5 hours from our Peachtree City house. The vision was then to buy a house in a depressed market (housing market down and a drought causing record low…

Lakehouse Model Railroad Plan

We bought the lakehouse on Lake Lanier about 7 years ago.  When we bout the house it was decided to upgrade the house and improve the exterior as a first phase.  The house really needed an exterior lift and we decided to raise the roof and build a front porch. At the time we bought…

Model Railroading History

I am starting to work on a model railroad.  I started my first model railroad when I was 16 years old when we moved to Sanford North Carolina.  My parents had a spare room in the basement and I used my earnings from cutting lawns, delivering newspapers and shoveling snow.  I built a simple HO…

Panama Cruise

Nana Sue and I are on a cruise through the Panama Canal.  We don’t actually go all the way through but go through turn around partway and then come back out.  A little puzzling but if you understand about the Panama Canal then you will understand.  A fantastic trip and we had a great time.…

Maschsee Lake Festival – Hannover Germany

Nana Sue and I decided to visit Haley this August of 2014.  We love Germany and it is probably my most favorite country to visit in the world.  (Dublin is my most favorite City in the world to visit though). Haley has an apartment very close to the city center and we stayed there all…