Recent content by cicsos2

Super Job! Great job - and what would be really funny would be to have a skate boarder sliding down the rails on their board. I really enjoy seeing your work. Thanks for sharing.

... if you think that naming your new twins "Southern Pacific" for the girl and "Great Northern" for the boy.

Hmm, I wonder what it would look like if you were to construct a screen made of window screen material and painted the same color of blue as the other backdrops .. and then it could hide the AC but still allow for cooling. You might also paint in some stands with baseball fans watching the...

For me, it is a mixture - plus its something for me to do around the house after retirement. I had my fill of traveling. Airports, hotels and eating out get old fairly quickly. Now, my train layout shares a room with my wife's quilting things and we can spend time together and relax doing...

In Ardmore, Ok, at the East side of town, next to the Fair grounds is parked a 2-6-2, Engine Num 1108 and its tender. It also is inside a chain link fence. There is no visual evidence of how it arrived on site, which is 3/4 mile away from the nearest set of tracks.. This engine, which means a...

Thanks for all of the welcome messages .. I've posted some pictures over in "Photo FUN week of 9/7" around set 8 to 10. I've also changed my Avitar - this is a 1952 Santa Fe calendar. Sadily its the only one that survived.. Cheers to all

A True Model Train guy Time frame - probably 1930s - the picture was not dated - location, Ardmore, OK.

July, 1954 - Santa Fe Engine 1108 donated to Ardmore, OK To celebrate my first day as a member here, I would like to sahe some photos from my Grandfather's collection. While he was the Station Agent for the Santa Fe in Ardmore, OK - he found out that Engine 1108 was being retired. This Engine...

Hello everyone. I am just getting started with a model railroad (I gave my last one to my grandson several years ago). My grandfather worked for the Santa Fe all his life so I have a fondness for trains. I will be retiring soon so my wife is hoping that this "new" hobby will keep me out of...