Model Train Journal

My experience with trainz was getting some HO stuff in (that I was to send to someone else) and it came with broken couplers and IIRC some other damage. Luckily I was able to fix it, but it was annoying. I also remember browsing their ebay listings years ago and seeing a Lionel locomotive with visib...

From an OGR thread someone linked about atlas's DCS tiu thing, it seems command control has somehow gotten even more confusing than when I last paid attention to that stuff, wow. And the trend of a phone app? I can't think of anything I'd want to use less than a phone for train control, I have a har...

Hey everyone, I didn't realize this site was still here, and that my account still actually works. I used to be active on here like 10 years ago, but wandered away from train forums. I've actually been running trains the whole time, even got a new layout since those days, just never went on forums. ...

Hobos If I could indulge you to hoist one, blow a whistle or just remember in your prayer a fellow hobbyist's family today. George passed away on Friday of a heart attack. George introduced me to Jim's Train Shop, was a fellow train nut and most importantly a husband, father, and grandfather. I hav...

Happy Birthday, Murph!

They ran sreetcars off the track and accross a railroad? Must have been a real exiting ride. Probably pretty rough too.