WB&A ARBUTUS FIRE HALL TRAIN MEET DECEMBER 17, 2022 DETAILS BELOW
The Times and travels of toy trains
A Unique Timeline
The Times and Travels of Toy Trains is a book authored by Carol Redman McGinnis, daughter of Lou Redman, TCA #CM3. The book features information that everyone in our hobby will find both interesting and invaluable. The book can be downloaded with the link below and includes:
- 55 pages in an exceptional Timeline format
- Historical facts relating to toy trains
- Begins in 1838 and continues to 2024 (room to add info)
- More than 300 toy train manufacturers
- Unique source of a wide range of information
- Brief snippet for each manufacturer
- Gauge descriptor list and Chart of manufacturers by gauge
- A quite thorough look at toy trains
- Inventions relevant to toy trains
- Prior and current Hobby shops
- Online version has links that can be followed to more details on the manufacturer.
A print version available from Carol.McGinnis74@verizon.net. (Reduced to $16)
“The journey is the fun part”
One senior WB&A member laments about not finishing his train layout. He says, “The problem with me is I have a great imagination for detail compared to what I actually accomplish when left alone with wood and tools and time.”
This fellow hobbyist reports that his nearly 5 sheets of 8'x4' plywood had sat for one year lying on the floor of his upstairs "train room". All his many streets are proudly routed down 1/8 an inch to create sidewalks, etc., along with his deeper 13' future creek. His free standing screwed-together benchwork is 36" high and so far, it is only 8 feet wide and 11 feet long, so there's an 8’ x 8’ section left to assemble." He says, “I do have all the needed remaining lumber and track. I also have over 25 years’ worth of trains, more buildings and other railroad treasures ready to place on the layout." In the meantime, he can dream. Perhaps, we might hope that this project never really gets finished.
Hilltop House Hotel - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Wb&A member Bob Gray scratch-built this model of the historic Hill Top House Hotel located just over an hour outside of Washington, D.C. by auto or train, atop a hill that overlooks the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. The model is 1:87 scale and is part of Bob's Christmas layout.
The Apple Valley Model RR Club
Hendersonville Depot
Outdoor G -Scale Layout
Operating HO Layout
Though the depot and club are not operating at this time, We met a friendly club member who graciously invited us to look around.
Operating HO Layout
Outdoor G -Scale Layout
Operating HO Layout
22' x 100' Operating HO Layout inside the Depot. Camera car with live video on wall-mounted TV from train.
Outdoor G -Scale Layout
Outdoor G -Scale Layout
Outdoor G -Scale Layout
Viewable year round. Caboose-mounted drone camera displaying live video inside the building from the caboose point of view.
Depot
Historic Caboose
Outdoor G -Scale Layout
The depot features historical artifacts, a Southern Railway caboose and a special children’s exhibit where they can operate a Thomas the Tank train .
Historic Caboose
Historic Caboose
Historic Caboose
Historic Southern Caboose that visitors can go inside.
Explore
Historic Caboose
Historic Caboose
