Data Mechanic
I like trains, trolleys, and model railroads. There, I said it. And I am proud of it. Some of the information here may also be on my Charleston Rail website, but most of this is more person.
Just a quick one. Didn’t realize that I had never posted the video I took of testing the Bachmann Peter Witt streetcar. This is a great little runner, and I do mean little. It is quite small in comparison to the Bachmann Brills. But it runs really well. Unfortunately I do not have a DCC … Read more
Thought I would just pass along an interesting video from YouTube. This is just one of many that can be found there. The gentleman who is made this video, and many others under the name “Trolley69”, is Ted Roy whom I became acquainted with due to the Model Rail Radio podcast. What you will see … Read more
The Perley A. Thomas Car Company is actually still in business today making school buses as Thomas Built Buses. This High Point, North Carolina company built some of the most recognizable trolleys in use in the United States – the street cars of the St. Charles Line in New Orleans. Well anyway, I just picked … Read more
It would be harder to get much further apart in for or function than these two items and still remain within the model railroading hobby, but they both make perfect additions to my collection. The first is nice N Scale MicroTrains 50′ boxcar decorated in South Carolina motif. Yes, it is way too modern for … Read more
I hadn’t realized until very recently, but Amazon.com will actually buy books back or take them in trade. I knew you could sell to other people through Amazon, but I didn’t realize that they themselves would take the books in on trade and give you credit. Very cool! So I did that. I went through … Read more