New house, new trains, new adventures…….

Posted by Trainphilos on 13 September 2021 in Amtrak, Model Train Layouts, Neighborhood, Traveling |2 Comments

It is hard to believe that Brad and I have been living in Rehoboth Beach for nearly half a year now. Yes, we have been busy. Still it is remarkable how time flies. More remarkable is the fact that we really do not miss DC all that much. There was some concern initially that we […]

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Tempus Fugit…….

Posted by Trainphilos on 30 May 2021 in G Scale Trains, Model Trains |One Comment

It’ been a very long time since I had to read Virgil’s “Georgics”. Latin was a required language when I went to school and I hated every minute of it. My study habits were atrocious, passing the prescribed Latin courses only by the skin of my teeth. Of course what Virgil really wrote was: “Sed fugit […]

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Derailed…….

Posted by Trainphilos on 8 April 2021 in Model Train Layouts, Neighborhood |2 Comments

It has been said that all good things must come to an end. Platitudes aside, I have to report that the Chesapeake and Tenleytown Railroad is no more! Both the TT scale pike in the attic and the G scale garden railway have ceased to exist. I have worked on both layouts for many years […]

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