Archive for November, 2009
Bridge Test a Success on the Garden Railway
“What was that?” asks the CEO. He draws ferociously on his cigar. “A success? On our railway?” “Must be a type,” quips the CFO. “No, I proofread it twice,” says the PR Guy. “I couldn’t believe it myself!” As you’ll recall from our previous [Read More]
Ferrari Donates Radio to Paris to Peking Garden Railway
All right, I’ll tell you the truth: Ferrari S.A. didn’t actually donate a radio, nor did Ferrari USA. But you have to admit that’s a pretty impressive headline. The donating Ferrari, in fact, was a really neat looking 1/20th scale red Enzo manufactured by Meijiaxin [Read More]
Dogzilla Decimates Garden Railway Power Grid
Now, I consider myself a patient man. I don’t mind if Polly Pockets gets wedged in my LGB coaches. I don’t mind removing the occasional dog poo from the railways. I don’t mind moving the flower pots off the track so that I can run the train. I don’t mind those [Read More]
New Garden Railway Slogan: Tanks for Everything!
Well, now that we’ve decided upon the wiring, and we’ve got that groovy China Bridge in the surface finish test mode, it’s time to revisit the Bachmann Not-So-Big Hauler. Sounds like I have a plan, doesn’t it? Well, dream on. With the onset of winter hours…who [Read More]
New Wiring Increases Overhead on Garden Railway
We’ve reached a dangerous pass on the Paris to Peking Railway, a dangerous pass. I’ve got the cart firmly before the horse, the bull firmly by the tail so that we may face the situation…our bass is significantly ackwards. Yes, we got the wire…26 gauge solid core [Read More]
Taking the Pole Position on the Garden Railway
For Halloween this year we bought a couple of cheapo plastic skeletons from Big!Lots…our plan was to set ‘em up in front yard like they were having tea (we have a seven year old little girl, so bloody corpses are officially off the Halloween list). To light them we [Read More]
Bridgework Nearing Completion on Garden Railway
You see, the headline’s supposed to be a pun about missing teeth…you, know, bridgework? Get It? No? Skip it. As you know, we’ve abandoned nasty, scary plywood with spider egg sacs for clean, white, efficient Styrofoam. Last week it was an idea, and this week, zoom, [Read More]
Working with Styrofoam on the Garden Railway
“What’s this?” says the CEO. “Styrofoam? Isn’t that…well…cheap?” “We prefer to say it’s economical,” replies the PR Guy. “We also prefer to use the phrase ‘architectural foam’ in exchange for the banal Styrofoam. “Banal,” says the [Read More]
Bridge Cutting Ceremony on Garden Railway
If you’ve been following along, you may remember that we built a bridge in China…well, not in China, the real China, but in the China Section of the Paris to Peking Railway. I had cut the thing out of nasty old plywood I rescued from the detritus generated by the [Read More]
