Thursday, January 8, 2009
Here’s another picture of former C&O 614 and N&W 611 from my tabletop n scale model railroad. See Also: The World’s Greatest Hobby (or Why Kids Should Play with Model Trains) Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1″; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); [...]
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
For Christmas, my wife gave me some switches and additional track for my n scale model train layout. The ability to switch trains around adds a lot of enjoyment over just operating a basic oval. Here, Chesapeake and Ohio J-3 614 (pulling the Chessie Safety Express) meets a Norfolk Southern steam excursion pulled by Norfolk [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
In case you’re still stumped on what to give someone for Christmas: Old fashioned Toys Scrabble Classic Video Games Model Trains Sleds and Saucers Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1″; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, “script”, “facebook-jssdk”));
For the benefit of local Low-Tech Times readers, I wanted to mention that there is an event featuring 1860s Toys and Games from 1:00 to 3:00p this Sunday, July 13th 2008, at Sky Meadows Park in Delaplane, Virginia: How did children have fun 150 years ago without video games? Play with some old-time toys and [...]
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