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Display Case

Posted on October 24, 2010 by ToyTrains1

Following my own directions for Display Case Construction, 🙂 I'm building another small display case that will go on the wall and will hold some of my passenger cars.  This will enable me to move locomotives that have just been … Continue reading →

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A New Video And A New Beginning

Posted on May 5, 2010 by ToyTrains1

Well, I got the new camcorder today and then ran to the camera store to get another battery and charger.  I forgot just how much I hate waiting for batteries to charge!    When I opened the box and found … Continue reading →

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When It Rains …

Posted on March 10, 2010 by ToyTrains1

… it pours, or so the old expression goes.  I've come to think that it's not nearly strong enough.  It should be: "When it rains, you get a category 5 hurricane", or at least it seems to me of late.  … Continue reading →

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An Update

Posted on February 14, 2010 by ToyTrains1

After PSE&G cut up the tree enough to free the lines at 3 AM (chainsaws at 3AM, what a wonderful sound!), at 10 AM their crews arrived in bucket trucks to reconnect the line to the house up near the … Continue reading →

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Disaster!

Posted on February 11, 2010 by ToyTrains1

We've had some really lousy weather this last week, with a snowstorm dumping about 8" of snow this past weekend and, over the last 24 hours or so, a blizzard that dumped 16-18" of very heavy, wet snow that clung … Continue reading →

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ToyTrains1 Gets A New Toy! :)

Posted on December 30, 2009 by ToyTrains1

And no, for once it's not a train!  I finally broke down and got a new computer.  After seven years (!), the old Pentium IV was really feeling its age and with all of the good reviews of Windows 7, … Continue reading →

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A New Toy!

Posted on May 20, 2008 by ToyTrains1

I got a new toy that's not a toy train! 🙂 Rather, it's something that I'll be able to use with my toy trains, and my web site, and this blog.  It's a new lens for my camera, a Canon … Continue reading →

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How To Build A Display Case for O-Gauge Model Trains

Posted on April 4, 2008 by ToyTrains1

As visitors to my web site know, over the years I've combined my love of toy trains with my love of woodworking to build a number of display cases to hold my O-Gauge model trains (they can be seen on … Continue reading →

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YouTube!

Posted on November 30, 2007 by ToyTrains1

So here we are, nine months after starting the YouTube experiment.  I've now got 81 train videos posted and they've now garnered over 500,000 views — half a million views for my little hobby videos!  Unbelievable!

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A Visit To The Harbor

Posted on October 7, 2007 by ToyTrains1

There was a train show today at the restored CNJ terminal at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.  Bob, his daughters, and I drove up.  While the show was quite small and not really worthy of mention, the terminal has … Continue reading →

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YouTube Is Something Else!

Posted on October 5, 2007 by ToyTrains1

About seven months ago, as an experiment I tried uploading one of my train videos (available on the Multimedia page of my web site) to YouTube.  Though YouTube converts the videos to Flash, reducing the resolution and quality from the … Continue reading →

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Spring Is The Time …

Posted on June 14, 2007 by ToyTrains1

… for the garden a lot more than for the trains.  As a result, while my Garden Journal and my Roses/Gardening web site have been getting updated almost daily, there hasn't been much to say about trains.  However, I received … Continue reading →

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