One of our first thoughts when we moved in to our house was where to put the train garden? We live in an old farmhouse sans the farm. When the farmland itself was sold off something that went with it was any sort of a back yard. One side of the house is taken upContinue reading “Construction May 2016”
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White’s Nursery Spring 2016
Our first Spring show at White’s Nursery. Most of our pictures from this show were lost so these are mostly from setting up. As White’s is a nursery and greenhouse we try to incorporate as many different plants into our layouts there as we can, they made their appearance later. This show was during ourContinue reading “White’s Nursery Spring 2016”
New Carolinians
We have moved! We bought a house and are now North Carolinians. Packing up all the “stuff” from the train room at the campground and getting it down to our new house was an experience. And moving the train garden itself was a feat. We picked up all of the track. Emptied and brought downContinue reading “New Carolinians”
White’s Nursery Fall 2015
Our train club does a small show at White’s Nursery and Garden Center every spring and fall. The Fall 2015 show was the first show layout that Archie and I ever did. The show at White’s is a bit different than the ones we put on at train shows in a convention center. Each individualContinue reading “White’s Nursery Fall 2015”
TBTO Show Mar 2015
Train show with the Tidewater Big Train Operators club in March of 2015. Big Blue makes an appearance again along with the LGB ICE train.
TBTO Show Jan 2015
Our first train show with the Tidewater Big Train Operators in January of 2015. We ran our first G Scale train – Big Blue, a Bachmann 10 wheeler.
Dismal Creek Railroad 