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You found a Shay! Those are awesome geared locomotives, designed and built specifically for the timber industry. The produce insane torque, even by steam standards, and they can pull hellish grades with monstrous loads. Of the two types of common geared locomotives, the Climax and the Shay, the...

Holy sheets! Some of those trestles must be 30 foot up or more! And the bridges! My little railroad is nowhere near so ambitious an idea now! The video popped up on you tube after I Googled a few parts and pieces to get an idea of what it'll cost to get my project started. Ready-built...

To help fuel that desire, check out this link. https://devlinboat.com/ I've built a few stitch and glue boats, from plans in the back of Outdoor Life magazine. I haven't had a proper workshop in years so I bought a plastic kayak this time around. Most of the "lakes" around here are fairly...

Every body has dreams, things they want to accomplish in life, or a particular "place" they want to be. Those things beyond the day to day, those things we want just because we want them, no matter how silly or intangible... A 7 1/4 inch hobby railroad would be at the top of that list of silly...