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It is with regret that I have to step down as moderator. Because of personal conflicts and off line commitments, I feel that I cannot commit the time it takes to moderating my forums. Though the last three years I have been a moderator have been full filling, I'm not completely leaving the...

History Channel. Looks like its on for the rest of the day!

After finding a trailer, that once belonged to the Burlington Northern, I decided to try to make one myself. Since it wasn't going to be costly, easy to do, I went ahead.

Tonight, I was working on incorparating my Ore Hill scratchbuild into my layout.This was one of my prized scratchbuilds(see:http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111635&highlight=hill) Well, while trying to take measurements, and holding it up, it slipped out of my hand and......

THE DEADLINE FOR E-MAG ARTICLES IS ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY! So if you have an article, how-to, or anything rail related, We need it! If not, Mikey and Don said they were going to "Hang me from the highest tree(or cactus in Don's case)" September 15th (or so) is the deadline. And don't...

Yep..Its time again to start asking for your articles, pics and "How To's" The fall issue of the Gauge E-Mag will be coming out the first week of October, if this last server move didn't screw things up. Sooo......September 15th is the deadline(No railroad pun intended), or a couple of...

Tougher In Alaska: Alaskan Railroad. Missed it when it first aired. Gonna catch it tonight,

Today, Better-Half and I took a trip down to the Mystic Aquarium (Its where the guy that found Titanic hangs out). It was a good time and real cheap. BUT..... Just so happens, that on the way home, and not far off the highway was.... Connecticut Valley Railroad(or the Essex Steam Train)...

....an annoucement to make.......... Wait a minute....Telephone.

Posted on another forum. It does say its built by FMC.... Here's the website:Waterloo

With the storms that blew through here last night.......... Trees were knocked down killing power to the industrial park my shop is at. Soooo...I get a free day off.....Maybe more! What am I going to do. Work on the layout...maybe paint some rolling stock.......finish that scratchbuild I...

Anybody know what the significance of today is? YOU ONLY HAVE SEVEN DAYS LEFT TO GET YOUR ARTICLES IN FOR THE E-MAG!!!!!!! You can send in any article about railroading or modeling railroading related. Product reviews, railroad or railroad structure history, How-To's, your favorite...

I realize some of you are going to pay bills with yours. I got mine Tuesday..........Guess where I'm heading after work tomorrow?

With regards to Pink Floyd.............. This wall(pic1) had been a pain in the opposite side of my lap since I started building my layout after buying my house. Maybe thats why I haven't been pumped, and its taken me seven years to get this far. In the third pic, you can see behind the...

Here's the very first video of my modern Central New England RR. Its not very good quality as I was using the video mode on my Kodak easy Share camera, and internal memory. The first loco is my Kato GE C44-9W, painted up like a New Haven U-25B. The second is an Athearn SD70M. Paint was to good...

So....did you all have fun today? Did I get you? By looking at the view counters...Heee........ Except for one oops...... Well...Here it is.....The Official release of the Spring 08 E-Mag. Gauge Mag Apr 08 No...Really....This is the right one. Enjoy

The winners for the E-Mag cover pic is: Gary Pfiel for his picture of the electric motor in New York Central "Lightning Stripes" crossing a bridge. And because I screwed up........ TomPm's protoype picture of, and I'm guessing here, Norfolk and Western Allegheny. Look for them in the...

Lately, I've had a few inquiries on how to send the article for consideration. You can send it in an e-mail(eightyeightfan_99@yahoo.com). Title it "Article For E-Mag". Or else it may get deleted, or sent to the junk box as spam. Its happened before, because I didn't recognize the sender...

Only twelve days left to get those articles, product reviews, layout tours in to make it to the Spring Issue of the E-Mag. March 8th is the last day. We do have a couple, but we can always use more. Also, I will be cruising the "Weekly Photo Fun" threads, for the next contestants for the...

What's to do. Well, I lettered and decaled my SD35 for the Southwick & Winsted. The biggest pain was the number boards.