Pretty neat, Paul. There is a local rail modeling club that has set up
shop in an empty store space at a struggling mall. Gives me a great place
to hang out while the wife and daughters are shopping for clothes. They
have huge, elaborate set ups, with all but the largest scales represented.
Great fun.
Charlie
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Went to visit my friend Larry last night. Haven't been to his house in
> years, so it was time. He's a fellow model railroader who models in N
> scale.
>
> He models the Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad from Chicago to
> Gary, Indiana. That's the main commuter railroad in our region, but they
> also have freight service. The era he's modeling is the late 50's into the
> mid-60's. Not an easy thing to do since there are no
> commercially-available N-scale models of the CSSB, especially from that
> era, so he's had to scratchbuild pretty much everything.
>
> Side note to any train nerds on the list - I belong to a model RR club that
> models HO, so I have equipment for that, but when I finally get around to
> building a layout at home, it will be N and based on the Chicago and North
> Western. I've got boxes of stuff for both....
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=12119
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=12113
>
> Enjoy, C&C encouraged.
>
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>
> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
> Auerbach
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