Tag: train

• bell

  February 16, 2012

  daily drivel

  Modern diesel locomotives have working brass bells on them, same as steam engines from the old days. Nobody knows why – it’s probably because there’s an ancient federal law on the books that nobody’s bothered to delete, or it could be just because it’s an old railroad tradition. Instead of being mounted on the top Read.

• subterrainian

  January 16, 2012

  hobby

  A dull, dreary day is a perfect day stay in the basement, working on the model railroad layout. I spent most of the day running a subroadbed through a tight curve that will end up at one of the three terminals on the line, and at the very highest point as well. The way the Read.