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Loading ...Moose Tracks Glossary Of The Road Every G-Scaler is the reincarnation of their childhood ambition to be a railroad person whether an engineer, fireman, brakeman or conductor. Perhaps the chuff of steam and the roar of diesel linger long after childhood, reaching out to bring us back to a simpler time when a word or [...]
(3 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5) Loading ...Illiana Garden Railway Society April 2012 Meeting Minutes The April Meeting was held on Tuesday the 24th at the Samuelson’s Garden Center. There were 21 members and guests present. Dave Ransom called the meeting to order at 7:01 PM. Everyone was welcomed to the April Meeting and the IGRS Annual Board Election. Dave Ransom Reported: [...]
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Thomas & Friends – visit the “” Bull Moose” Railway Garden on Saturday June 9, 2012. The Isle of Sodor’s famous railway rolling stock featuring Thomas theTank engine and his friends, Percy, in full green livery, and the powerful Mogul, James the Big Red Engine, will run all day long from 10:00 A.M. untill 4:00 P.M.at [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Illiana Garden Railway Society March 2012 Meeting Minutes The March Meeting was held on Tuesday the 27th at the Valparaiso Public Library. There were 17 members present. Dave Ransom called the meeting to order at 7:49 PM. Everyone was welcomed to the March Meeting and the new 2012 Season. Dave Ransom Reported: Thank you to [...]
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Moose Tracks Glossary Of The Road Every G-Scaler is the reincarnation of their childhood ambition to be a railroad person whether an engineer, fireman, brakeman or conductor. Perhaps the chuff of steam and the roar of diesel linger long after childhood, reaching out to bring us back to a simpler time when a word or [...]
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Experience the agony and ecstasy of model making with Mark Found host of The Garden Railway Channel as he designs and builds an ambitious layout in his own back garden. To obtain the knowledge and expertise needed he visits some of the country’s top modellers and gains inspiration from their amazing layouts. Mark Found – The Garden [...]
(5 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...The Eggliners age comming… The Eggliners are comming…. The Eggliners are comming…. Eggs-actly on June 23, 2012 there will be a plethora of Eggliners zipping up and down and all around the right-of-ways on the IGRS Bull Moose Outdoor Layout. It’s a summertime Eggs-perance for everyone, and you are invited to participate in the [...]
(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...Moose Tracks – Glossary Of the Road Every G-Scaler is the reincarnation of their childhood ambition to be a railroad person whether an engineer, fireman, brakeman or conductor. Perhaps the chuff of steam and the roar of diesel linger long after childhood, reaching out to bring us back to a simpler time when a word [...]
(5 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...In 2002 after completing a two-mile long live steam 7-1/2″ gauge outdoor railroad on his 20 acre Oregon farm, master modeler Tom Miller decided to build an F-scale narrow gauge indoor layout based upon a Colorado/New Mexico railroad theme specifically for his use during the winter months. Tom decided to approach the F-scale layout like live theater, scene by scene. [...]
(3 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...This Walt Disney animated short portrays Donald Duck operating what appears to be a gauge 1 live-steam railroad. Donald’s 4-4-0engine in the cartoon resembles Walt Disney’s Lily Belle named for his wife that Walt built for his own live-steam1:8 scale railroad that preceded the building of Disneyland. Disney’s model actually ran through a tunnel underneath his wife’s [...]
(5 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...The Lickey Incline is the steepest sustained main-line railway incline in Great Britain. Situated south of Birmingham, England, the climb has a gradient of 1-in-37.7 (2.65%) for a continuous distance of two miles. Today, the Lickey is crested with ease by most modern diesel electric locomotives. But in the previous century steam locomotives did not [...]
(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...Moose Tracks – Glossary Of the Road Every G-Scaler is the reincarnation of their childhood ambition to be a railroad person whether an engineer, fireman, brakeman or conductor. Perhaps the chuff of steam and the roar of diesel linger long after childhood, reaching out to bring us back to a simpler time when a [...]
(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Winter is just one more season for Jeri Sajbt to show off his talent as a master craftsman. Jeri a dedicated modeler, lives in Brno a city in the Czech Republic. Much to his wifes consternation he took over a portion of the family back yard at his home there and began building a backyard [...]
(Not yet rated, click on star to rate.) Loading ...Illiana Garden Railway Society December 2011 Meeting Minutes The December Meeting and Holiday Party were held on Saturday the 17th at Taltree Station in Valparaiso Indiana. There were 24 members present. Dave Ransom called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Everyone was welcomed to the Holiday Party and December Meeting. Dave Ransom Reported: Thank [...]
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