FAST UPON US

US Army

This is a New Decal Car to honor our Grandson Sam, who will be graduating on Dec 17, 2008 from U.S. Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The first two pictures are the actual decal images

Here is a picture from Dec 17th Graduation Day of Sam and his dad (John) who is wearing a hat which used to belong to my father, who Sam is named after. He would be proud also.

A New Season

New additions for this year have been the "Gathering of Christmas Trees" (that came from Lowes) and a little package of street lights that I just hung over my Billboard to see how they will fit. (Perfect for me). When I finish they will be cut down in back and look built in.

Blog Challenge

First, Thanks to Ray for the interesting post on Maine's logging railroads. Here is the challenge question. 'Which of the railroads listed was also the subject of a member blog? It is a nice interesting story, but you have dig deep. Good Luck.

PS: Don't do what I keep doing which is to click on the blog title. Thanks, John

A little Maine Railroad History

The following was copied from Google Search:
The first railroad in Maine was the Calais Railroad incorporated by the state legislature on February 17, 1832. It was built to transport lumber from a mill on the Saint Croix River opposite Milltown, New Brunswick two miles to the tidewater at Calais in 1835. In 1849, the name was changed to the Calais and Baring Railroad and the line was extended four more miles to Baring. In 1870, it became part of the St. Croix & Penobscot Railroad.

The second railroad was the Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad & Canal Company incorporated by the legislature on February 18, 1833. It ran eleven miles from Bangor to Oldtown along the west bank of the Penobscot River and opened in November, 1836. In 1854-55, it was extended 1.5 miles across the Penobscot River to Milford and the name was changed to the Bangor, Oldtown & Milford Railroad Company. In 1869, it was absorbed into the European and North American Railway.

The third railroad in Maine was the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad, incorporated by the legislature on March 14, 1837. This was a crucial railroad in the development of railroads in Maine because it connected Portland to Boston by connecting to the Eastern Railroad at Kittery via a bridge to Portsmouth. This railroad was opened on November 21, 1842 and was 51.34 miles in length.

How Perceptive are You?

Google will not help you at all. This one is just for MGRS Blog Viewers. See if you can locate the latest addition to the Left Hand Side of the Blog, and within that, the question is "What does not belong?" or what item seems out of place?

Hint: [The answer is not in Station Stop. I know, nothing makes any sense in there, that is why I like it.] This is a brand new Item. Good luck, look around and see if you can find what I am referring to.

Happy Veterans Day

Veterans Day Slideshow (90 sec. Use Back Arrow to return to Blog)

Railroad Trivia Question

This is a warm up to test your Railroad trivia knowledge or your Google capabilities.
The question is. At full throttle how quickly could a GG1 locomotive go from zero to 100 mph?

Here are all the Specs
Note:The half of the GG1 that contained the steam boiler was designated the "front"

Hello to Hansel

Hansel, I enjoyed your web site. You are doing a great job! I posted the pic of your great-great-grandfather, John Alonzo Small and yourself beside #470 on your visit to Waterville.

Enjoyed your blog also. Hats off to Chris Fardon a great trivia answer man. I like that idea and invite you to leave a question for us on the MGRS Blog.

Link to Hansel

Hansel is one of our younger (very enthusiastic about trains), member who has his own web site. I think I've posted it before but didn't realize that this is the one he made up. You can see his excitement in his hobby and how he is learning about it. Someday he hopes to have his own layout for now he enjoys our clubs tracks and he always brings his train to run. Check out his web site at www.steamrailroader.zoomshare.com

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)
Use the < Back Arrow to get back to the Blog

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.