Cleaning time...

Hope everyone had a good Christmas. I've got lots of reading material for the new year...

Spent the week working on a couple of small projects in my room to get it ready to move everything. I also started sorting through boxes of stuff. And I have a lot of stuff! But I've decided I'm not going to get to all of these projects, so it's time to clean them out. So now it's either toss junk or sell it and add the funds to the layout kitty. One thing I plan to do is keep some N scale stuff (Amtrak and some freight cars) and get involved with the local T-Trak guys. There's also talk of a Freemo HO group forming, so I may be getting some HO stuff. I think that's gonna be 1950's equipment. And the home layout will be narrow gauge. The boss doesn't have a problem with this, which is surprising.

Anyway, I'm gonna tinker with the railbus tomorrow. Look for an update later this week.

Poking around..

So I'm still here, with no layout built so to speak. After a lot of thought and consideration, I'd decided that the narrow gauge bug isn't going away anytime soon, so it's time to indulge. I've got time to work on stuff for the next few months, before spring and garden season. :-)

So how about a picture of a rare beast?

 

 

This is a Railway Recollections Railbus. I don't know if Barry still offers this kit, but it's a neat one. I'm not sure if still has the power conversion kit available. It uses the Bachmann MDT switcher motor and one axle for power. I added a Lenz decoder, light and the brass castings you see. I want to add a trailer to it and some more details. Jordan Models has a similar bus kit out, so you may be able to convert it with Barrys power kit. might want to contact him via www.railrec.com

 

That may be my project this week. I've had this model forever, so it's time to finish it. Okay, time to post and hit the rack. I'm going to try to update this blog in 2014 once a week or so. We'll see how I do.. :-)