Come along as I build my railroad empire utilizing a beginner's skills, the tightest of budgets, and a vision most grand!
Read the Archives from the beginning as I contend with the elements, a family with limited interest in the project, kids who like to play with "Dad's toys", and a couple of dogs who just couldn't care less about where they do their dootie!

Categories

• Bachmann
• Bridge Design
• Chinese architecture
• Christmas lights
• Craft Sticks
• Electrical Connections
• G Scale
• Garden railroad
• Garden Railway
• Garden Railways Magazine
• Landscaping
• LGB
• Locomotive Conversion
• Model Railroading
• Modeling in 1/18th scale
• Paris to Peking Railway
• Pola
• Retaining Wall
• Scale Buildings
• SketchUp
• Streetlights
• Styrofoam
• Track Planning
• Trackwork
• Turnouts
• Wiring

The Railroad and the State: War, Politics, and Technology in Nineteenth-Century America

Death Rode the Rails: American Railroad Accidents And Safety, 1828-1965

Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality

Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad: The Photographs of William H. Rau

A Passion for Trains: The Railroad Photography of Richard Steinheimer

Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad And The Development Of The American West, 1850-1930

History of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad