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Junk car with a sharpie. Quick entertainment before it gets tossed in parts.
03/28/2026

Junk car with a sharpie. Quick entertainment before it gets tossed in parts.

02/24/2026

Loaner BPRR (R&S) power leads a train out of Cloe yard on its way to Clarksburg to do some switching.

02/24/2026

The basement isn’t back to perfect yet, but the layout seems to run fine. Here is the first test of the layout and the first test of someone else’s locomotive. Broadway Limited Paragon 4 PRR E6 has the honor of testing the rails.

02/22/2026

The winter weather finally caused a problem. The floor drains in the basement are also used as part of the “grey water” system in my house as well as the drainage for the dehumidifier, furnace, and water softener systems. This last week, Pendot cleared out the shoulder of the road and managed to bury/block the outlet of the drainage pipe. With the warm weather causing lots of snow melt as well as just the normal loads of wash and dishes, I was surprised by nearly 5” of water in the basement. Fortunately, nothing expensive was destroyed beyond a stack of MDF board waiting to be installed on the facia. I will have to replace a few support legs that are damaged. This is the first time in a decade of ownership that I’ve had this problem. 103 year old houses will keep you on your toes!

Super shiny power in Cloe this evening. NWSL self-contained power trucks underneath being controlled by an ESU DCC decod...
02/02/2026

Super shiny power in Cloe this evening. NWSL self-contained power trucks underneath being controlled by an ESU DCC decoder. This will be available on the Brady’s Train Outlet website soon.

Working on background “puffball” trees.
01/26/2026

Working on background “puffball” trees.

01/13/2026

Exciting news!
We’re going to be in Massachusetts next week!
Big E bound!

01/10/2026

It’s intensely gratifying when a decoder installation passes the function test.

I managed to score 10 various Pennsylvania and Santa Fe passenger cars from a scrap pile today. About half of these Bach...
01/04/2026

I managed to score 10 various Pennsylvania and Santa Fe passenger cars from a scrap pile today. About half of these Bachmann Spectrum cars are brand new, never run. I have the beginnings of a plan for these, first of which are removing the pivoting coupler system and upgrading the interior lighting.

Remember that 5 minute period when Life-Like started to make some really good locomotives, aka the Proto 2000 line?
12/30/2025

Remember that 5 minute period when Life-Like started to make some really good locomotives, aka the Proto 2000 line?

I’m currently testing trains and locomotives for work. Even though it’s unfinished, it feels wrong to have a modern elec...
12/15/2025

I’m currently testing trains and locomotives for work. Even though it’s unfinished, it feels wrong to have a modern electric passenger train on a western Pennsylvania branch line with 10mph running speeds set in 1995.

Doing some “scouting” for the next section of layout to be sceniced. Where am I?
12/15/2025

Doing some “scouting” for the next section of layout to be sceniced. Where am I?

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15701

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724-717-9395

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