There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” Sometimes it’s spendingtime with friends in their basement! Here we are at Lowell’s again. This time passing him off on his Civil requirements. With the completion of this certificate, he only needs one more to achieve […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” I find myself writing this article while on a train in Germany headed to Switzerland. For those that don’t know, the largest model railway system is Miniatur Wunderland, according to Guinness World Records. My wife spent […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” A couple of weeks ago I was in Las Vegas for another Dance Dads weekend with my daughter. I knew the Nevada Southern Live Steamers were having a run day so I was able to sneak […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” It’s fun to run trains with friends. I almost didn’t go to the Kanab Train Show but I took the time because I wanted to have fun with my friends and run some trains. It’s a […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” If you haven’t heard yet, Kevin Anderson is officially MMR #752! Congrats Kevin! Last weekend Rick and Kevin helped with doing evaluations at Lowell’s house. Before that Bob helped prepare Lowell for our arrival so we […]

Kevin Anderson is the newest MMR in our Division. He is also the last one awarded the honor in 2023. He is MMR #752. I believe I personally signed off on every certificate and award. He worked hard to achieve this accomplishment. When he joined our division he had been […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” Among other things, I’ve been working on a new Free-mo module. I know, I still have to “finish” my other ones but I like having lots of projects going on at once. Before getting the track […]

There’s so much more to this hobby than just “building trains in your basement!” As I anticipated, we rode a number of trains while on our trip. In fact, on one of the trains it showed we were traveling at 299Km/h which I calculate to be 186 mph! Now that’s […]