Mock Cattle Chutes

We’re coming up on Vancouver Train Expo, and once again I’ll be parked behind the table at Craftsman’s corner for half a day. I need a project to bring, and so, I started developing plans for the cattle pens, of which Pembroke had two. I couldn’t find any prototype plans amongst my own resources, so […]

Oktobahnfest 2024

This week, the North Shore model railroaders came by to check on progress at Pembroke. Our organizer, Graham, holds an annual gathering of the North Shore in December that he calls Trains and Scones. So, my Darling Wife and I decided we needed a theme for our own, which was in October for the second […]

Swinging around IPMS Vancouver

The Vancouver chapter of the International Plastic Modellers Society holds their annual show on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and occasionally I remember to go. This year, I had the pleasure of The Boy’s company. Frankly, I barely know what I’m looking at, but it’s always worth a turn around the display to see some outstanding […]

Installing the Water Tower

Even if DCC promises that you need only two wires for your whole layout, of course they are going to be in the way. I had made a cut-out in the water tower base to avoid moving the bus wires. However, there was no way to steer clear of the wire for my under-layout desk […]