2022 In Retrospect
Another year has gone by, and while this blog was offline for part of it, sufficient things have happened in the train room this year. The layout has made progress to the point where we can at least run trains, …
General
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 …
Geography Matters (Or: The Difficulties Of Procurement)
As pointed out in a previous post, I needed one more point motor to motorise all my existing points. And that presented a bit of an issue. Because for some odd reason, I had a really hard time finding another …
Taking Stock
So, what did we get from the first haul? We spent a good hour in the store, evaluating options and asking questions. Not a lot of details had been determined upfront. We knew it would be H0 scale or equivalent, …
The Beginnings
When I was in my early teens, I used some saved money to buy myself a model railroad. The scale was TT (1:120), a scale that was popular in East Germany and still is in Eastern Europe, but has niche …