The search for a good photo of a Pacific Electric SW1 has been a fun exercise. I have been given a copy of a picture of 1011 taken in San Bernardino in PE lettering, but without poles. I have been told that it had poles, but I have not seen […]

more Pacific Electric SW1 fun…and confusion.


So I got an early Christmas present from the wife today, an Arnold SW1. Right now, it is in AMTRAK paint, but soon will either get a Bloody Nose or Tigger Striped. I am really leaning to make it a Pacific Electric Tigger Stripe loco, but that would require me […]

To Tigger or not to Tigger…


Tonight, between 8:53 PM and 9:32 PM, my WordPress blog had 552 attepts to log into my admin user name and password. These 552 attempts resulted 184 IP addresses being blocked by my hosting account.  I am using a simple plugin called Limit Login Attempts. I am also running nightly […]

WordPress security




Just wanted to thank my friend Ashley for giving me this number board off of a Roseville Repaint SD40-T2! I now have a great piece of wall art! I am thinking about modeling this unit in N Scale

number board


Every time my wife goes on a vacation, I am able to do some modeling without interruptions. Even while home with an almost 3 year old all day long, I have painted most of a backdrop and I have scratch built a warehouse. I have also done prototype research looking […]

my modeling is going to be slowing down again…