by Bill Roushey | Dec 22, 2015 | Model Railroad, Uncategorized
The weather has been very warm for December, making it difficult to commit to spending hours at a time in the basement with my trains. One Saturday morning, however, as I was walking by a table in my living room, i spotted the corner of a bright orange flyer peeking...
by Bill Roushey | Dec 10, 2015 | Model Railroad
From previous posts you know that I’ve looked at the available space in my basement, selected the gauge (size) of trains I’m going to model and constructed bench work, which serves as the foundation for everything. You also know I spent a considerable amount of time...
by Bill Roushey | Nov 10, 2015 | Model Railroad
I spent half an hour with my trains last Wednesday. It felt like visiting an old friend. As I loosened the screws on a misaligned section of track, I pondered what sort of introduction I could write to explain to folks the grandiose plans I had for my layout, which at...
by Bill Roushey | Oct 17, 2015 | A word, Model Railroad
My thoughts recently have centered on the word “train.” This usually happens when fall transitions from picturesque to grotesque and I have to retreat indoors. Each year about mid November a desire resurfaces to head for the basement to resume work on my model train...