Thursday, July 06, 2006

What Has John Got In His Back Shed?

Wouldn't you love to have this in your back shed too? If you don't have one already.

Mini world still evolving around many trains
Donnybrook Bridgetown Mail, Australia - Jun 14, 2006
... what John James has in his. You see, John loves model trains and had
devoted nearly 20 years to th
e topic. He has built a gigantic ...




John James has something special
down in his back shed,
a huge model railway set up.

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What are those guys up to at the St. James Roundhouse Railroad Club?


Here's an interesting article on what the St. James Roundhouse Railroad Club in Minnesota have set up as reported by the St .James Plaindealer.


Creating and educating at the St. James Roundhouse Railroad Club
St. James Plaindealer, MN - 17 hours ago
... James Model Railroad Club display the model trains they've put together at a public open house for the first time since moving the club from the old Fire Hall ...

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Checkout Georgia's Biggest Model Railroad


These retired guys are living the ultimate second childhood having built and played with the largest model train layout in teh state of Georgia. For more information, read on...

Model locomotive one of state’s biggestJonnie Johnson of the Vines Garden Railroad Club sets out aircraft on the runway while a cargo train passes by.
Gwinnett Daily Post, GA - Jun 27, 2006
... The operators may have toyed with small-scale model trains as children, but they never got to play with anything as large as the G-scale trains they now run in ..

Why not leave a comment about what you think of their ultimate fantasy, err, I mean , hobby. :)

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16th Annual National Train Show On This Weekend

SEPTA Is the Best Route to 16th Annual National Train Show - PR Newswire (press release)


If you're in the Philadelphia area you may want to take the time out to check out this annual train show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Here's some moe details:

SEPTA Is the Best Route to 16th Annual National Train Show
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 12 hours ago
Show Features Model Train Built by SEPTA Employee James Sparkman PHILADELPHIA, July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Model train enthusiasts traveling to the 16th Annual ...

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