How about some Good Old American Steam.

From both sides of the Country: (click on items below)
Conway Scenic: Run-Around at Bartlett
The Pacific Locomotive Association steam double-head
(I love the 2 mins starting about 2:50 mark)
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Happy Halloween

Real ghost engines I don't see any engineer do you?

Buddy, its Cold Outside.

It was time to move to a warmer climate. Here is a 1 minute video clip of the Goldfish's winter home. 2 more related pictures.

Barry's Amusement Ride

This is pretty neat. If you listen close you will hear Barry is planning an Amusement Park and this is an example of a Solar Powered ride that he has made. I can hear him "Barking" those tickets right now. . . 'Step Right Up! . It Swirls, It Whirls, Watch out it will give you Curls!'

GWRGR Progress

Just a few update photos of the Great Works River Garden Railway

Thanks to Buckie & Barry

Thank you and the whole family for a great Open House! A Beautiful day and lots of good friends, food and trains! Ahhh life is good! I will add a few video clips of some of the train sights and sounds.


I get a 'Laugh" out of this one!

Things are always changing

Hi Bloggers ~ The 'Left Side' of the Blog has a few new changes to it. First the MGRS Logo has been converted into a Direct Link to the Web Site! A little below that is a new Slide show of All Members Railroad Names. If yours is missing, follow the instructions on how to contact me to make changes. I have added encouragements to make 'Comments' with instructions on 'how to'. We would like to see more members try it out! For visitors there is a new 'Introductary Video' for G Scale Trains that is well done. The original links to the Web Site and Junior Page are still there and I added two new links at the bottom of the Blog for the Web Site Home Page and the Junior Page. These are 'pictures' only but clearly identify the sites. There is even some small change to 'blog Awards' so keep checking, Things are always changing.

Jameson meets the Blog

Our youngest grandson Jameson is staying over for the night and of course I had to show him the Junior Blog. He loved it! Especially the part with Thomas! We owe the fun to Brenda who was smart enough to think of the idea!

Quick Clip

Here are some quick clips of my Maine Central train as I thought it was a great day to get outside and enjoy the good weather.

New projects from the Pine State RR Shop

First picture is a coal bin the second pic is sand tower and the third pic is a hot dog stand from plans out of the garden rr magazine.

katahdin Iron Works

Barry and I went here about a month ago we wanted to go on a hike to the round house and Gulf Hagus but the water was very high and they suggested it wouldn't be worth it. It also cost 5 dollars each to hike in.

Fall Colors

Fall is a good season. I like it but sometimes I fine it a little sad as the bright colors around the garden disappear. Yesterday I brought the geranium plants back outside for a while. From now on they will usually be in the basement. They surround a small water 'pond' that I built into a wood stand where I winter the goldfish. Its beside a walkout glass door that gets some sun and I added a couple of shop lights above them. Come to think of it, they all have it pretty cozy for the winter. I have had some of those geranium plants for 5 years or more that came over from NH.

A Lot More Than I Thought

I spoke in haste the other day when I said only a few members benefit from the Blog. I though I better take a look and see actually how many people had participated and there were a lot more than I thought! So, I thought I had better set the record straight, and as they say on TV, "And Now In No Particular Order". . .
White Anchor & Quarry Railroad. . . Jeff Waring . . . . Meadowbrook & Casco Bay Garden Railroad . . .Doug Johnson . . . . Great Works River Garden Railway. . . Mike . . Lucy. . Brandon. . . . . . . .Mythical & Mayical RR . . . .Chris . . . . . . . Pine State Railroad . . Barry and Buckie . . . . Potato Blossom Route . . . Ed and Brenda . . . . "Mr and Mrs Deere" . . . . . Littleville Falls Railroad . . . . John and Gigi . . "Station master" . . . . . .Old Mast Railroad . . . .Ray and Terry . . . . "Ray Trainman" . . . . . Spruce Creek Garden Railroad . . . . . Ed Smith . . . . "SCGRR" . . . . . . Vaguely Wiscasset & Quebec . . . .Scott Gould . . . . . ."Eric in Pittsburg" . . . . . Muscongus and Penobscot Railroad . . . . Ted and Betty . . . ."Ted" . . . .Soudabscook and Penobscot Valley Railroad . . . .Joey Kelley . . .S&PVRR . . . . Guest Bloggers have Included . . . . 'John in Mt. Pleasant Michigan . . . . .Bruce in East Rochester, NH. Plus many others that I know do look for sure or have been the Subject of Blogs . . . . . . ."Ivan and Gerry" . . . Violette Hill Railroad . ."Paul and Rachel" . . . "Dick and Shawn" . . ."Toot an Chug" . . . . .and of course . . . Overlook Garden Railway . . . Home of the 'Extravaganza" and our leader. . . . . Plus the 500 picture Slideshow of the Fryeburg Show with all of the above plus Tice and Earnie and Walter and Mark and Earl and Greg and many others that I do not know . . . I take back my remark about only a few benefiting from the blog . . . . I guess at way over Eleven Thousand Hits and counting, there truly are "A Lot More Than I Thought".
So MGRS Members keep up the Good Work, but read that Blog Help Page-1 and keep trying to improve. Thanks!

Hello - Meadowbrook and Casco Bay GRR

Hello Doug! I though I remembered your Railroad name, but I could not place it.
I am sorry, that was my mistake. Glad to hear you are up and running!
John

Great Works River Garden Railway

The Great Works River Garden Railway started construction today.

The Lay-Out was plotted & Materials arrived at noon. The first timbers are in on the planned

36X40 first stage and will progress SLOWLY here in North Berwick. We will update as the Railway takes shape. Lucy, Mike & Brandon

New Web site to look at

One of our younger member (Hansel) sent me this site on my e-mail and would like to share it with the rest of the train members . Steamrailroader.zoomshare.com I've checked it out and it is an interesting site.

Yikes - He's Back!!

The Blue Heron has returned! He marked the end of the season last year also. It's time to save the fish and save the geraniums from the frost once again. He is big! It was really funny how we scared each other. He decided to walk around our house, I guess to see what other treats we might have. I went to the front door to look to see where he was at the exact same time he stepped on our front step and looked in the door! Straight head on he looked like an ostrich We both jumped back in surprise! He flew away and made a strange noise. The fish dove under their rocks in terror after he got the biggest one. Then after finding a frog for desert he moved on continuing his migration.

MGRS Newsletter

I just got the latest IRON HORSE, the MGRS newsletter and as usual it is great! A lot of work goes into it and I know the Membership really does appreciate it. A sincere big thank you to all the people who take pictures, write articles, get ads, and edit, print, publish, deliver. It takes a lot of time, effort, and cost and it is very well done. Thank You! Plus the previous issue is now on the Web Site. I also like that very much. It is great to have all the older versions available on line.
But because this is a blog, I also have two little issues that bug be about our newsletter. In deference to space, I will simply say click here to read more.

Congratulations ~ 10,000 Mark hit Today!

Good job MGRS Members! Some one out there is doing it, more likely it is the collective power and combined effort of all who look, post or chat together to share our hobby and interests. The activity counter or 'hit counter' as it is sometimes called is very close and most likely will reach the 10,000 mark today. Our Web Site, our Blog Site and our Chat Site all combined in this effort and thanks goes to every MGRS member that participates even if you only look 'once in a while' it all helps strengthen our organization by connecting us together a little bit more each time.
"Imagine the Possibilities"

Water Garden Trains

It has been a good year for life in the Water Garden if you are a fish, a frog or a water plant, but not if you are a small train engine. But Labor Day and almost a week of sunshine seem to have changed that as the little engines of Littleville Falls Railroad finally had their day in the sun!