Archive for January, 2010
Garden Railway Survives Storm of the Century
Now, I’ve come to realize that most of these most recent posts have been filled with whining; whining about the rain, whining about the dogs, whining about the fact that I’ve been whining. Well, here we are, a brand new day, and by George I don’t have [Read More]
Mysterious Short Baffles Garden Railway Chief Engineer
“Here, now, what’s this?” the Chief Engineer grumbles in his thick Scottish brogue. “This dunna baffle me a’tall!” “Well,” the PR Guy says, “be that as it may, it makes a much better story than ‘Garden Railway Chief Engineer Says Oh, I Get It’!” [Read More]
Hattening Down the Batches on the Garden Railway
I bought this cool little device for five bucks on the after-Christmas-closeout aisle at CVS Pharmacy. Fifty percent off, and batteries included…how cool could that be? Part clock, part hygrometer, part calendar, part weather glass…it’s the cat’s pajamas, I can tell [Read More]
Pagoda Power Permeates Garden Railway
Now that we’re in the New Year, we need to consider new options, new ways of doing things. New designs, new ideas. Let’s move forward, shall we? As you know, we had the Dreadful Event on Saturday last…the cremated remains came home today in a little gray plastic box. [Read More]
In Memoriam; Marjorie
Many is the time we’ve said that Garden Railroading is Real Railroading. I believe it’s safe to say that the analogy goes forward into other aspects of the garden railroader’s life. If it happens to the railroader it must somehow affect the railroad, too. [Read More]
Garden Railway Turns 100
“Gentlemen,” the CEO stands at his chair in the posh Club Room at the luxurious Hotel Americain in Paris, “this is a momentous occasion…an epic occasion.” “What,” mutters the Chief Engineer who looks oddly like a penguin in his tuxedo, “ha’ ye changed yer [Read More]
Rain Ruins Garden Railway Rails
Remember that story about the grasshopper and the ant? You know, the ant works his keester off while the grasshopper goofs around, hopping over grass. Then the winter comes, and the grasshopper needs shoes or something like that. I forget how it goes. Really, who cares? [Read More]
Garden Railway Photoshoot Called on Account of Darkness
When I had my HO roundy round in the basement, I was the master of the universe. I had control over lights, over sound…even electricity flowed only at my command. Want to take a picture? Turn on the lights over here, over there, light up the structures…2 in the [Read More]
Tragedy Strikes the Garden Railway
Okay, well, maybe it’s not a tragedy per se, but it’s a great picture, huh? Today is very first day of January in the Year ’10, and my wife and my littlest one went down to Pasadena to watch the Rose Parade. Unlike the gazillions of people who brave the predawn hours [Read More]
