Yep, it’s slow as molasses right now in the weathering game. Hopefully it’s the season or time of year when a lot of model railroaders are outside enjoying the weather or on vacation….

Join me on May 2nd as I’ll be on The Train Talk Media podcast with Chuck Geiger discussing my weathering and possibly the layout! Time TBA…..

I’m going to speak today about the PC system. A lot has been discussed about the Penn Central, good and bad. A lot of factors went into the reason and rhyme behind the merger that forged the PC. I won’t go into the history nor reasons for the downfall. What I will discuss is why […]

Make that three places I recommend! The other is a shop in Canada by the name of Otter Valley Railroad. Find them @ http://ovrtrains.com

Two shops I recommend for their prices, selection, and service: http://springcreekmodeltrains.com And: https://midwestmodelrr.com

That’s what it takes on the prototype, this from personal experience. Such was the case on the Penn Central as with any other railroad, past or present. Recently we were out along the railroad in our usual area watching the PC. Starting with this series, I’ll introduce you to some characters names I’ve met on […]

This week’s photo from the original layout:

A few examples of my rusty work:

Here in photos is the current progress on the latest project of six cars, showing the trucks, undersides of the cars plus roof of one reefer requested to be heavily weathered. More photos when finished!

Here is the current commission work I’m doing for a modeler, 4 refrigerator cars and two covered hoppers. More photos as work is completed:

For all of the newcomers, here are some views of my den which is now basically my man cave with my layout on one side and all of my work area on the other side. Of course you have to have a flat screen TV in there as well to watch rail cams or train […]

I found stored away in an old train box a car I had forgotten about, this Accurail 50′ ft ex-PRR boxcar patched for PC and weathered. It now rejoins the fleet and was spotted today on the team track:

Just added this evening is the tiled gallery in the bottom right corner of the site showing quite a bit of my work over the past several years. Check it out and hope you enjoy!

Oh well, after working up the other website theme I just didn’t like some of the features, especially not being able to show many posts and especially older posts, so here we go with the new final product! Hope you all enjoy, be sure to subscribe to get all the latest from both my weathering […]

I’m adding more and more to the layout page. So be sure to keep checking it out!

I still have a tiny bit of work to do to get the new website up to speed for everyone. I hope to add an actual events calendar soon to replace the current placeholder. One item here, to look for older posts from the old website simply type “older” in the search box!

I’m always looking for commission work from modelers. I enjoy the art of weathering trains since about 2009. Not only does it help support my wife and I with being retired, it also keeps me off the streets and out of trouble as they used to say! If interested in having that special model just […]

Please be sure to check out the layout page at the link at the top of the website for all the news about my Penn Central in Cincinnati layout! There you’ll find recaps of my operating sessions plus any new additions to the layout…..

Big news for me, as for family commitments I had to skip the 2025 event, but I plan to attend the Colorado RPM for 2026 as a vendor showcasing my weathering and of course seeking commission work. More details to come, but for now, here’s the link to this year’s event! https://corpm.org/

Here are examples of more of my work!