Recent content by Thortrains

Just posted are some very small paper house kits that can be used with S, O and O27 trains. If re-sized, they can also work woth HO. Houses were designed for wargaming with 25 to 40mm figures. These houses have a very small footprint - 3" by 5" - and can be used to fill spacer, as background...

Well, I've been at the track planning software again, and this time developed twelve basic layouts. I then took the 12 and did them in O, O27, HO, HO / ON30 EZ Track, N, TT, G /#1 and Standard gauges. They are at http://www.thortrains.net/trackplan/minipdex.html I am now working on another...

Bad: our nearest hobby shop is in a mall. Some stock is laying there since I moved here five years ago. He charges above suggested list on many items. The good - mail order place I use is so fast I usually get the goods in 2 to 3 days

I just posted a sneak preview of the track plans - http://www.thortrains.net/trackplan/minipdex.html There are plans for O, O27, HO, N, G, TT, Standard gauge. These are tiny, but fun More will be coming soon.

Just to remind you that hundreds of track plans are online at the All Gauge Page - http://www.thortrains.net - for O / O27, HO, N, S, G, TT and Standard Gauges There are also many other free resources for model railroaders there. Enjoy!

This weekend you can see trains in action at Ocean Grove, NJ. From 11 to 4, Satursday & Sunday, the Community Room on Pilgrim Pathway will have various layouts, including my tinplate stuff, N-trak modular, and some small HO and G pikes. So if the kids are getting on your last nerve and yo...

Many thanks! I am especially pleased this birthday - after surviving the heart attack in April! :) It feels really good to be here :) :cool:

I don't know where Lewes Ferry is We're in Freehold, about 14 miles west of Asbury Park and about 18 miles east of Trenton.

A feral cat lives under our garage. Here are some pics of the surprise she brought this year - right in our garden railroad! http://www.thortrains.net/garden/garkits1.html Yes, cats are a trip!

Just for fun, I posted a few photo galleries of some HO trains that are NOT scale models. Most are old stuff from the 1950s and 1960s. They are on my site (listed in my signature) in the Ho section, the link is marked "NEW - HO as toy trains" Have some fun - it's good for a few laughs at the...

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Remember, yo ucan have both. Garden railroading is super. I have an entire section devoted to it on my website. When we garden, our trains come with us.

The idea of a tabletop layout is practical with N, and some folks have done wonders with it. These small layouts have a lot of advantages.