What's New

Currently I'm in the process of updating and rebuilding this site. I'm also attempting to learn Deamweaver CS4 with minimal success. Some links may not work or take you to the wrong place. For these I apologize and wish to advise you that they are being fixed as I find them.

 

June 15 , 2010
  • Reconfigured opening page, adding an OSW stop and moving Links to a new button below.
  • Added New Grand Tour Page having pictures of layouts visited. See oSW Page
  • Added a complete new page on painting G.N. diesels. See Models Page
  • Added pictures of my GN O gage locomotives and the corresponding GN prototype on the Models Page
  • Added to the GNLINES Page
  • Added more pictures in the Friends section after the March Meet in Chicago. See Gary E, Charlie, Victor, Phil and Lee pages.

There have been changes to pages and new pages created such as GNLINES with rare pictures of the the Main Line in 1949 . The MODELS pages is new also.

Explore to see what you may find!

Febuary 14 , 2010

  • Added a complete new section called BONEYARD to list excess items I have to sell at great prices home Page
  • Added pictures of my unique GN O gage locomotives and the corresponding GN prototype on the Models Page
  • Added a link to prototype GN structures on the GNLINES Page
  • Added much more prototype information, and pictures to the VANCOUVER LINE page. There is enough information now to do a reference sheet. I'm sharing the information I gathered while research ing this line for my current model railway. There are links between this prototype info on the GNLINES page and the current O gage layout plan on the Layout page
  • Reorganized may pages are took down obsolete pages.
  • Added an HO track plan and comments to the KETTLE FALLS page GNLINES
  • Added two entirely new sections GNLINES and Models. Both are accessible from the home page 'track plan' menu bar

 

Febuary 3 , 2010

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Back on track

I'm staying on O gage after breifly considering a change to HO.

Little has been posted in the last several months. But things are getting back to normal. regular updates will be posted.

June 6 , 2009

There have been changes to the layout plan. As mentioned in March, I decided the current layout was not meeting my expectations. I drew up a new plan that was posted on the layout page. It now seems that the City feels that thier silly utility easement is more important that the requirement to expand the train room. I have therefore decided to keep most of my O scale models but to build a new layout in HO scale. This will permit an operating railroad that would like to run. In the process I've decided to sell my excess O and HO stuff on eBay. After reading so many eBay listings whinning about Paypal I now understand the reason for the complaints and added a new page to rant about Paypal . In the future I may list the stuff I want to thin on a separate page before it goes on eBay.

  • Added New HO track plan. LAYOUT Page
  • Added a new page on Paypal at the at Layout Page - for lack of a better place to post it

Click here for the HO track plan

  • This is a June 1969 picture of the International stopping at Blaine on the International border with Canada. The square white object to the left of the locomotives is the Peace Arch located on the boundry. The roof of the depot can be seen above the 4th passenger car.
  • GN's coast line around 1939-1941 between Seattle and Vancouver is the setting for my new HO layout See the Layout page for more infomation.

March 26 , 2009

Unfortunately, it has been a while since I last updated the ol' web site. There have been changes on the layout. After operating the layout for several months, and a visit to my friend Lee's layout, I decided the current layout was not meeting my expectations. Specifically, I wanted a longer mainline, allowing meets with other trains as well as having more switching locations. I have drawn up a new plan that is posted on the layout page. The only problem is that it calls for a larger space, which means an addition to the train room. I'm finding this is a slow process obtaining permission from the home owner's association, applying for permits from the city and then picking a contractor. Silly me, I thought it would only be a few weeks so I have already torn down the existing pike.

  • Added New track plan. LAYOUT Page
  • Added pictures of the 2009 OSW meet on the FRIENDS Page
  • Added more pictures to Charlie's layout page. FRIENDS Page
  • Added more pictures to Wes' Chicago Traction layout page. FRIENDS Page

 

June 15 , 2008

  • Added model pictures to the "Locomotives of the Empire Builder'. Articles Page
  • Added more pictures of Barry's now painted Rio Grande L-131 locomotive FRIENDS Page

June 2 , 2008

 

May 7 , 2008

  • Added pictures taken by Charlie during Dave's recent visit. LAYOUT Page
  • Added a new page of my friend Gary E's layout. FRIENDS Page
  • Added a new pictures to Barry's Rio Grande layout page. FRIENDS Page
  • Added a new pictures to Craig's Rio Grande layout page. FRIENDS Page
  • Added a new pictures to Wes' Chicago Traction layout page. FRIENDS Page
  • Added a new page entitled Locomotives of the Empire. ARTICLES Page

March 7 , 2008

  • Added pictures taken by Charlie and Dave at the recent OSW meet.
  • Added a new pictures to Barry's Rio Grande layout page.
  • Added a new pictures to Carl's Cascade Northern layout page.
  • Added more pictures of my railroad.

December 18 , 2007

  • Added a new pictures to Carl's Cascade Northern layout page.
  • Added a new pictures to Craig's Rio Grande layout page.
  • Added more pictures of my railroad. This time on the recent open house and progress at the town of Fidalgo. Find them on December 2007 icon on the LAYOUT PAGE .

 

November 2, 2007

  • Added new page on the layout's progress. Go to the LAYOUT page
  • Added a new page for Eric V's models. FRIENDS Page
  • Added new pictures of Lee's pike. Also on FRIENDS Page
  • Added pictures from our summer trip to the Northwest, like the one left, on the BOOMER Page.

July 2 , 2007

  • Added more pictures of my railroad. This time using 'imported help' installing decoders. Find them on July 2007 icon on the LAYOUT PAGE .

May 5 , 2007

  • Added new page about The Kettle Falls Branch. Click here or go to the ARTICLES page
  • Added a new page for Jerry Mc's models. He is 'between layouts'. LAYOUT Page
  • Added pictures from our recent trip to the Middle East, like the one left, on the BOOMER Page.
  • Added more pictures of Wes' outstanding pike on the LAYOUT Page .
  • Added a picture of recent visitor to Charlie's pike on the LAYOUT Page .

March 3 , 2007

  • Added new page for Phil's Gila Mountain Railroad
  • Added a new page for Craig's Rio Grande layout.
  • Added a new section to the FRIENDS page for some non-O gage layouts. The first layout is Barry B's G gage pike.
  • Added pictures taken by Charlie Morrill at the recent OSW meet.
  • Added more pictures of my railroad. This time on painting some electric locomotives. Find them on Feburary 2007 icon on the LAYOUT PAGE .
Feburary 23 , 2007
  • Posted new watercolor pictures of GN Y-1 electrics in the Cascades and a P-2 Mountain.
  • Added new pictures of Charlie's and Victor/Carl's pikes on the FRIENDS page.
  • Though no photos, I have been busy converting to EZ DCC. I'm very pleased with it.
November 28 , 2006
  • I get no responses to the quiz so I reformatted the MAIN Page back to the way it was. Posted new picture of a GN Rotary plow in action at Marias Pass.
  • Added new pictures of Lee's, Charlie's and Carl's pikes on the FRIENDS page .
  • Added more material to the Caboose page.
  • Added more pictures of my railroad after the November 2006 open house. Find them on December 2006 pictures on the LAYOUT PAGE

November 1, 2006

October 11, 2006

July 1, 2006

May 22 , 2006

  • Added new pictures to MAIN page of S-2 skirting GNP and cover of 'Call of the Mountains' brochure.
  • Added more calenders to ARTWORK section.
  • Added new pictures to FRIENDS section.

April 5 , 2006

  • Added new pictures to main Page of O-8 and dining car service.
  • Added recent pictures to layout section.
  • Added new pictures to FRIENDS section.

February 18, 2006

  • Added O Scale West page to FRIENDS section.
  • Reorganized FRIENDS section by splitting into four pages so that it will load faster.
  • Added a picture of F-8 to main Page. The loco placed first popular vote contest at OSW in the steam loco catagory.
  • Added more information to chinaware page in Artwork section.

January 9, 2006

  • Viewed page in Internet Explorer and corrected several glitches that do not show up in Netcape.
  • Added more pictures to layout section.
  • Reformatted several pages in Artwork section.
  • Added more links
  • Reformatted Articles page.
Updated several articles to present a more uniform appearence.
Converted links within site. The basic design is now complete. Hopefully, future updates will only be made monthly.

December 26, 2005

  • Adjusted menu bar to make roll over section easier to read.
  • Reworked several articles and added new pictures on the Articles page

December 22, 2005

  • Added pictures of Lee's layout to Friends page.
  • Added O Scale West and O Scale Kings to Links page
  • Added new link on the Articles page for 1924 Oriental Limited containing complete text and B&W pictures.
  • Added South American railroad pictures to the Boomer/About Me page

December 18, 2005

Once upon a time there was a group of modelers who called themselves the Houston O gage Society

about 15 years ago the some of the HOGS gathered at my layout .

 

November 15, 2005

  • Up loaded pictures from the layout open house and placed on a new page.
  • Began serious work on this site, creating pages for each article and the current layout.
  • Set deadline of December 1 to have the Oriental Limited page finished, in time for it's 100th Anniversary on December 5.
November 2, 2005
  • Conceived the bacic design of this new site.
  • Imported some photos as well as images to be used as navigational icons.
  • Updated the links page Imported the shell of several articles written for the GNRHS but could not convert text written for the Goat articles. The articles were written on a laptop in a Wordperfect program.
  • Two problems converting the files are the laptop does not have a disk burner and is a PC configuration. This website is being developed on a MAC desktop that has neither a floppy disk drive nor a Wordperfect program.

September - October 2005

I finally took the bull by the horns and began to learn the Dreamweaver software. Imported a few images and basically started work on this site.
Imported the old links page.

December 2004

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