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Continue reading →: Another story from the Indiana and Ohio….
Here’s another story today from my time on the Indiana and Ohio railroad. There is a crossing on the line over to Monroe, Ohio right next to I would guess the largest flea market in Ohio called Traders World. This crossing is on state highway 63 which runs from Interstate…
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Continue reading →: Great show….
This weekend wrapped up yesterday with a pretty good spring train show. I’m surprised several well known manufacturers were not there, such as Athearn for example. Good to see three people I used to work with at Caboose Hobbies plus being able to chat with Michelle from the Colorado Model…
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Continue reading →: Two day break….
A two day break here as I stop to attend the Rocky Mountain Train Show. I’ll be working the booth of The Friends of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. Link here to the show: https://rockymountaintrainshow.com/Default.aspx
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Continue reading →: Finishing up switching Monsanto…
It’s now early in the morning with dawn breaking as we’re finishing up with Monsanto. The photos below show our moving the cars off the holding track to the loading/unloading track: When we had finished that task, 5628 shoves the two inbound tank cars down to end of track for…
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Continue reading →: OMG, it’s a snake….!
The following is a tale from my days on the Indiana and Ohio railroad, this story taking place when I was their track inspector. I one day was inspecting the line up to Lebanon, Ohio, and was just north a bit from a spot called Hageman Jct, an original crossing…
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Continue reading →: A huge thank you….!
A huge thank you to all the new subscribers, followers, and views the past three days, I greatly appreciate it! I know on some websites much like YouTube that owners receive income based on the number of viewers and or subscribers. I don’t make a penny as I’ve never signed…
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Continue reading →: Moving Facebook to the website…
As I posted in the Facebook group I am moving everything to this website after my podcast on May 2nd. I’ll still have The Weathering Depot Instagram account and I may open an account on X for The Weathering Depot as well. This will be a much better set up…
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Continue reading →: Switching Monsanto at night part 1….
Here we are on third trick last night as Jimmy, Charlie, and I are on 8806 switching out Monsanto along the Ohio River. Because of the area industry tracks loaded up, this job is going to take quite awhile, tis why this will get in two parts. First, GP7 5628…
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Continue reading →: Slow, slow, slower….
Yep, it’s slow as molasses right now in the weathering game. Hopefully it’s the season or time of year when a lot of model railroaders are outside enjoying the weather or on vacation….
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Continue reading →: Signs are here….!
Here’s a project finally completed and installed! Scaled down and printed by a local FedEx store, these look great! Many thanks to FedEx 👍
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Continue reading →: Switching at dusk….
It’s dusk in Cincinnati along the Ohio River as we’re working several industries. First up we watch the local crew from Riverside bring in one gondola for Sullivan scrap and an N&W insulated boxcar for Stephen’s Grocery. This crew first shoves the boxcar down against us in 8806, then spots…
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Continue reading →: Big news…..!
Join me on May 2nd as I’ll be on The Train Talk Media podcast with Chuck Geiger discussing my weathering and possibly the layout! Time TBA…..

































