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TriState N-Trak had its layout on display at EnterTrainment Junction from May 17th to May 20th, 2018.

This weekend, TriState Ntrak is running trains up at EnterTrainment Junction. Pay to see their awesome G-gauge layout, and you'll get to see our much smaller scale trains as well! I have a lot more footage that I will work on editing into a longer video, this is just a teaser of what is to come.

An in-depth look at how I sculpt rock faces and form mountains out of my version of "ground goop". th-cam.com/video/ztxV9AP4u3A/w-d-xo.htmlm17s Part 1: Mixing the Ground Goop - this is perhaps most important, as the technique is predicated on getting the mix right. That's where the kitty litter comes in... th-cam.com/video/ztxV9AP4u3A/w-d-xo.htmlm30s Part 2: Applying the Ground Goop - And this ...

The first weekend in June, I finally got the chance to ride an excursion train pulled by the sexiest and most powerful passenger engine you can imagine, the mighty Class J, designed and built by Norfolk & Western Railway. I rode from Manassas, VA, to Front Royal and back, an area that is in close proximity to the towns that I model on my N-scale layout - so I spent time roaming around the area,...

My office took a vacation in the Dominican Republic, at the Melia Caribe Tropical all-inclusive resort. I took pictures. Here ya go. On the next-to-last day, I went on an inland excursion with Robert and Becky, as well as a van load of fun people under the care of our snarky tour guide Ruddy (Roo-Dee! Roo-Dee!). Ruddy made sure we were satiated with Santo Libre, a cocktail of Don Rhon rum and 7...

My friend Mark was invited to join in an operating session on the spectacular Virginian Deepwater District layout owned and built by Gerry Albers. Mark invited me to join him as a "plus one", and I jumped at the chance! Turns out this layout is located within a five-minute drive from my home. In terms of scope and flavor, the VGN and the V&O are both primary influences for my fictional WP&P. So...

It takes hard work to make onion seeds. Not by me, mind you - I have bumblebee underlings to take care of that work for me!

The layout is intended to function mostly as point-to-point, and has east and west end staging yards stacked atop each other. But a continuous run connection allows the main to operate as one big loop, too. Toss in a single track for Culpeper staging, and fit it all into a closet...

Those three inches behind the rearmost track need some scenery - how about a nicely painted backdrop and a row of trees to blend it in?

This was my reward for having to wait around at the BMV for my license renewal - their parking lot was right next door to this yard ladder, and I caught a Geep doing some shunting. Short video, I didn't want to be out of line too long in case they called my number!

The heavy wet snow yesterday is just too perfect, not to throw a few snowballs. SO I"VE JUST LOBBED ONE AT YOU!

Tristate N-Trak visited the home layout owned by "Butch" Chalk, which features a ton of highly detailed modeling by one of our own (Tony).

For my nephew's birthday, I decided to build him an N-scale layout that combines my passion (trains) with his (oceanography). I had found an N-scale shark figure that needed a home!

Walking you through the steps I take to make custom coal loads for my hopper fleet. I bury a magnet inside to make them easily removable - let me show you how!

How To Finish a Catan Game

Channel Trailer

Watching the Grass Grow - Part 2

Watching The Grass Grow

The Gas Stop Local

Laying Out a Layout Foundation

Tornado T-Trak

Mothers Day 2014

May The 4th

TriState N-Trak at the Kenton County Library

TSNT at Kenton County Library (teaser)

TerraFoaming

Smith Kids at the Tree House

Tri-State N-Trak at St. Andrews 2014

Mountaineering: Engineering a Mountain