Micro Model Railway Dispatch online magazine

The Micro Model Railway Dispatch is great new magazine that carries on the grand tradition of micro layouts (layouts that generally take up less than 4 square feet). Published online for free by Ian Holmes, it is a fantastic resource layout planning and really helps the brain think in terms of maximizing layout space. It is a lot of fun to read and I highly recommend everyone at least take a look at it.

Visit to the Franklin and South Manchester Railroad

Part of our NMRA's recent bus trip to the Boston area included a stop at George Sellios' Franklin and South Manchester HO scale layout. No introduction from me is needed, though I will say that I was here in 2015 with my wife and I enjoyed myself then even though trains weren't running. Today, there were several weaving in and out of the buildings and scenery and I think the movement of them gave the city scenes "life" (though I can't really explain it any better. It is, quite simply, a "bucket list" sort of layout.

George was a gracious host and commented that our group was one of the nicest he has ever had. He and I had a pleasant conversation about the trials and tribulations he endured while being suspended from a hook installing trees along the back ridge (answering the phone was especially difficult!) as well as our mutual faith in God.

After about an hour in there my eyes were burning and my brain was on overload mode. It is simply impossible to take in all of what George has done. Instead, I just took a bunch of pictures that I could digest at a later time. I doubt I caught everything!

I will let the pictures speak for themselves: