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A little bit of Colorado narrow gauge in Kansas
I've been running model trains since my parents gave me a Marx train set in 1953. Several cities and layouts later, My wife and I landed in the Kansas City area where her family resides.
For several years, I was in an HOn3 module club in Denver, Colorado. I had built two module sets containing eight modules when we moved to KC. The modules made the trip. Three other members wanted to divest of their modules about the same time, and I acquired them. Suddenly I had 18 modules and a 16'x24' train room in a basement dedicated to narrow gauge model railroading. This makes for a layout with great modeling and operating potential. So here we are today. After building more than 90 structures, both kit and scratch built, I'm excited to build my first Sierra West kit.
I'll also be building an as yet unnamed module for the layout. It's a 4' x 11-1/2' module that is inspired by Dave Meek's HOn3 Barlow Pass layout. The theme is a mountain helper yard for the Denver & Rio Grande Railway in the late 19th century.
I picked up the Eureka Spring Boiler House mini scene at a train show. With my time in model trains, I have figured out that I cannot leave well enough alone. I'll be making the boiler house my own and attaching it to another structure to be determined later. This will get me started with SWSM kits. The Railroad Camp, The Loco and Service shops, and the Backwoods Tie Mill will provide the core structures of the new module. There are other structures that are already built or planned. So begins a new chapter in modeling.
Larry
For several years, I was in an HOn3 module club in Denver, Colorado. I had built two module sets containing eight modules when we moved to KC. The modules made the trip. Three other members wanted to divest of their modules about the same time, and I acquired them. Suddenly I had 18 modules and a 16'x24' train room in a basement dedicated to narrow gauge model railroading. This makes for a layout with great modeling and operating potential. So here we are today. After building more than 90 structures, both kit and scratch built, I'm excited to build my first Sierra West kit.
I'll also be building an as yet unnamed module for the layout. It's a 4' x 11-1/2' module that is inspired by Dave Meek's HOn3 Barlow Pass layout. The theme is a mountain helper yard for the Denver & Rio Grande Railway in the late 19th century.
I picked up the Eureka Spring Boiler House mini scene at a train show. With my time in model trains, I have figured out that I cannot leave well enough alone. I'll be making the boiler house my own and attaching it to another structure to be determined later. This will get me started with SWSM kits. The Railroad Camp, The Loco and Service shops, and the Backwoods Tie Mill will provide the core structures of the new module. There are other structures that are already built or planned. So begins a new chapter in modeling.
Larry
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