Orangethorpe Tustin/Rose project

I live across the street from BNSF tracks so I have a pretty good view out my window to watch the trains go by. One of the first pictures I found that I took of a train across the street was on a rainy day. There is actually construction that recently started to put a […]

Finished train table

Due to the size of the train table (5×8) I had to get rid of my rather large desk. I’m now using a desk about half the size of my old one. But that was the requirement my wife set in order to have the train table upstairs. It’s now taking up pretty much all […]

Building the train table

Over the course of two weeks and with the help of my dad, I was able to get all of the wood to my house, get everything cut, and assemble the train table. The table top was completed while my dad was there to help me line things up and make sure everything was level. […]

Model Railroading – and so it begins

I don’t remember what exactly it was that made me decide to start model railroading, but one day early February 2013 my wife, our 9 month old baby and I went to the local model train store and ended up getting a locomotive, a 3-bay hopper and a loop of Kato Unitrack (with power pack!). […]