To the people i made friends over the past few years , I am down sizing and getting ready to move. I am moving to an apartment and no place for g scale trains , but i did keep some engines and cars and track . I have not been posting lately due to health reasons. I will miss my pond and out side rail road . I will stop by the forum and let you know how things are going . Ben
Sorry to hear that Ben, but health is most important, let me know if you consider an indoor layout, maybe a ceiling layout? I'll help any way I can, Vic
Have fun with your trains
Well now that is just chipper news. I enjoyed the visit to your railroad and regret that I could not make a return visit in a timely manner. You built a masterpiece and I will miss your work as well. What are your plans for the train collection? Surely you can't fit all that into an apartment. It would be a shame for it to all end up scattered and tossed away.
I wish you health and happiness, please do continue to frequent the forum. You did in fact make friends here and we would all like to continue hearing from you frequently. In fact, now that you won't have to worry about maintaining a railroad you can spend more time on the forum!
The Dixie D Short Line "Lux Lucet In Tenebris Nihil Igitur Mors Est Ad Nos 2001"
While I said much the same to Ben in an e-mail, I commend TJ for saying it a better way than I did. AMEN!
Ditto. Thoughts and prayers to you.
Hi Benny, I`m over the pond but I like others have seen you on the forum helping others with sound advice, we all wish you the best for the future. Take care
Age is only a state of mind, keep the mind active and enjoy life
time to take a little break from moving some things ,it was to cold this morning 12 above and a breeze.
V.Smith ,Tangerine Jack ,Capt. Bob Johnson, M. T. Carpenter,and Two Tone , thanks for the comments ,it takes to long to get things ready to do the move ,to much stuff here after i lived here 33 years. we hope by March 5th to be in the apartment IF the weather is fit for the move . Ben
Benny, I empathise with you, I lost my garden RR due to the big 'D'. I had to move into a small apartment as well. Then I decided I wasn't going to let all that crap get me down, and dug out an old 5x8 portable layout board and stuck it on top of the diningroom table.....
That layout has survived ANOTHER move, several revisions, and has even grown a small bit.
http://www.the-ashpit.com/mik/layout.html
If you want it bad enough, you'll find a way. Good Luck!
BennysRR To the people i made friends over the past few years , I am down sizing and getting ready to move. I am moving to an apartment and no place for g scale trains , but i did keep some engines and cars and track . I have not been posting lately due to health reasons. I will miss my pond and out side rail road . I will stop by the forum and let you know how things are going . Ben
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well i made the move to my apartment on March 3rd, boy do i miss my pond and trains . we are getting things put away . at least i got this thing working again . later ben
Take care my friend. Your advise and counsel will always be appreciated here.
Tom Trigg
Rene Schweitzer
Classic Toy Trains/Garden Railways/Model Railroader
BennysRRTo the people i made friends over the past few years , I am down sizing and getting ready to move. I am moving to an apartment and no place for g scale trains , but i did keep some engines and cars and track . I have not been posting lately due to health reasons. I will miss my pond and out side rail road . I will stop by the forum and let you know how things are going . Ben
Hi Ben,
As I've said in our e-mails, I wish you and your family the very best in this new chapter of your lives.
Look at the bright side ...... with a smaller home and far fewer maintenance duties you'll have more time to try new things. I'm in the process of setting up a small On30 layout in the basement. It's very different from large scale but still a lot of fun. Maybe you can try your hand at scratch building fine-scale LS locos and cars to display. The point is that model trains have obviously been an important part of your life for a long time so I would encourage you to try to find some way to keep your hand in it.
I wish you the very best,
Walt
Ian P - If a man speaks in a desert where no woman can hear, Is he still wrong?
Ben I've got a nice little indoor plan about 6'x7ish' that might be right size for an apartment
Just the thing ta keep ya busy
Wow, Vic, you are a Master at designing small layouts! You should do a book of track plans...
SandyR
Thanks but it'd never sell, too few doing it, the funny thing is that plan was based on an N gauge Micro I found online.
Sorry to hear about the changes. Drop me a line when you get a chance.
Cdise
when are you setting up down at the flower shop??? i'll try and get down . yes i miss my pond and trains . bennysrr2@msn.com my computer went crazey a while back ,lost some e-mail adresses, had to get newcomputer. Ben
Ben,
Are you going to ECLSS this year? Maybe that can help you get a train fix.
Rene
Ben, no spare bedroom, say about 10'x10', just for yer stuff?
This one has it all Ben, A little Operations, continuous running, point to point, auto reverse....yes I am that little devil tempting you to "Push the Button"
Vic:
Instaed of teasing the poor guy, why don't you get back to work on your benchwork? I've not seen any progress postings of yours yet. Are you going to bring the "pizza" to Ontario again this year. I would like to take a better video of it than what I did last year. Unless of course you want to send me a better (longer) vid?
Hi Tom yeah I want to bring the pizza plus the micro since its a "all scale" show now. Shad said OK so it will be coming again PS the secret project is proceesing well, been a little sidetracked by finishing the micro, look for pictures you know where soon.
VICTOR!!!!!!!!!!
You made me promise to "KEEP THE SECRET" and here you go blabbing about it.
Guess the entire world is now aware that something strange and wonderfull is "afoot".
Rene STom and Vic--you two crack me up!
Rene: Have you seen it? As we all know Vic is a master at packing fun in small packages. Now he has put twice the fun in a 30(?) inch square, "the pizza"
I tried the email, but seemed to have problems... anyway
Two displays scheduled this year (so far).
Landis Homes May 1 & 2.
Esbenshades Garden Center November 25, 27, 28
you should be able to get an email to me by using the contact button on this response.
cdise
Ya should see it running with two trains on it now, make ya downright giddy
Son-in-Law asks "With that much weight going around in such a tight circle the thing should wobble enough so that it topples to the floor." I said it is too slow to wobble. Who's correct?
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