Flashback: Train Room Tetris
After a long time, the work on the new layout finally began almost a year ago. The shape of the layout is roughly a W. The sides are going up the entire length of the walls. One side will have …
A Brief Update on what happened while this blog was offline
Earlier this year, I took this blog offline for a variety of reasons – lack of time was one of them, and the cost factor also played a role. I wasn’t sure whether it would come back, but I kept …
A late 2021 Retrospective
2021 is behind us by over a month already It’s hard to believe how fast such a busy and eventful year can end. The bad news is that not a whole lot has happened in the train room this past …
Train Sightings: Aurizon 2305D/2347D 28 Jan 2022
Every now and then, I’ll post my actual train sightings, especially if they relate to what is running on our layout. On this day, I managed to spot and record the same train twice. A coal train heading towards the …
Building a Programming Box, Part I
Recently I found the time to start on a little project that has been going through my head for a while. I wanted to build a separate test track, in a manner of speaking, which could be easily connected to …
A look at the SDS Models NR Class NR52 ‘Kungara Mankurpa’
I don’t usually write at length about new models that I acquire. However, every now and then one comes in that just wants to be talked about. And when I got my hands on this beautifully made and exquisitely printed …
Interim Shenanigans
As usual, things aren’t quite going as planned. While the new train room is ready to go by now, work on the new layout has been postponed for now. I would like to have all the track and materials required …
My Model Railway Year in Review
Last year, we had a bit of a holiday haul. This year, while some new rolling material arrived over the holiday period, there have also been quite a few additions throughout the rest of the year. So it figures to …
The New Train Room: One Step Closer
It has been another few busy weekends, with increasing outside temperatures. The new train room has made considerable progress in this time. The inner wall cladding was finished, ceiling panels mounted, the outer cladding was added, and the front door …
The New Train Room: A Modicum Of Progress
Things aren’t progressing quite as fast as I would like, but progress is being made nonetheless. The last two weekends were spent painting the ceiling panels and cross beams (as well as doing a few other, unrelated things around the …