Chrimbus G gauge ops at the Christmas Tree Lane Model Railroad club, featuring my Bachmann Spectrum Emma Nevada and my LGB Stainz No. 2!

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We even got to do parallel runs since his layout is a fully doubletracked figure-8.

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Ran some trains with my longtime friend Alex O’Donnell today where we got to play with his newest toy: ATSF 2926 made from… a USA Trains FEF-3. I’m dead serious. The Emma Nevada and Tweetsie No. 12 are mine!

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New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth While live steam is already wonderful, and has its own challenges and rewards, making the steam with coal (rather than gas, as on my other locos) has always been another ambition. So when I spotted a dealer offering this second hand Accucraft Ragleth, converted by the renowned DJB Engineering, I decided I couldn’t let it … Continue reading New Arrival (2): Coal Fired DJB Ragleth

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie

New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie Not just one new steamer has arrived on the Moel Rhos this year, but two, the first of which is this Roundhouse Katie. I’ve wanted a Katie for the Moel Rhos for 10 years, when I was inspired by the loco Chris Bird fitted with a slomo, as I wrote back then. I wrote back … Continue reading New Arrival (1): Roundhouse Katie