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Just posted are some very small paper house kits that can be used with S, O and O27 trains. If re-sized, they can also work woth HO. Houses were designed for wargaming with 25 to 40mm figures. These houses have a very small footprint - 3" by 5" - and can be used to fill spacer, as background...

Well, I've been at the track planning software again, and this time developed twelve basic layouts. I then took the 12 and did them in O, O27, HO, HO / ON30 EZ Track, N, TT, G /#1 and Standard gauges. They are at http://www.thortrains.net/trackplan/minipdex.html I am now working on another...

I just posted a sneak preview of the track plans - http://www.thortrains.net/trackplan/minipdex.html There are plans for O, O27, HO, N, G, TT, Standard gauge. These are tiny, but fun More will be coming soon.

Just to remind you that hundreds of track plans are online at the All Gauge Page - http://www.thortrains.net - for O / O27, HO, N, S, G, TT and Standard Gauges There are also many other free resources for model railroaders there. Enjoy!

This weekend you can see trains in action at Ocean Grove, NJ. From 11 to 4, Satursday & Sunday, the Community Room on Pilgrim Pathway will have various layouts, including my tinplate stuff, N-trak modular, and some small HO and G pikes. So if the kids are getting on your last nerve and yo...

A feral cat lives under our garage. Here are some pics of the surprise she brought this year - right in our garden railroad! http://www.thortrains.net/garden/garkits1.html Yes, cats are a trip!

Just for fun, I posted a few photo galleries of some HO trains that are NOT scale models. Most are old stuff from the 1950s and 1960s. They are on my site (listed in my signature) in the Ho section, the link is marked "NEW - HO as toy trains" Have some fun - it's good for a few laughs at the...

Just for fun, I took the N plans and tried to redo them in HO and then G. Guess what? It was a pain i nthe butt, but it worked. So now I have 4 'by 6' HO plans and 6' by 8' G plans, i ntheir respective sections on my website. The links are marked 'New" so they are easy to find. Enjoy!

I've been doing a lot of track planning - not much else I can do, udner current circumstances.. Well, I managed to crank out some 20+ plans in N for a 2' by 3' area. this ought to amuse almost any critter fans, narrow gaugers and others who love the smal lstuff. Next project - try to do some...

Just posted two new batches of track plans. I nthe O/O27 section are more 3' by 5' layouts for O27. They have been added to the 3' by 5' heading. In N and HO, I have added 9 new mini layouts for a 2' by 4' area. These offer lots of operational opportunities i na small space, but are not...

Hi all! I'd been feeling a bit down the past couple months, hence my scarce appearance. Then came the heart attack. I've been out of the hospital about a week now. Anyway, all kinds of projects for my website have been delayed. Hopefully I'll get some new stuff posted by the end of May

Just posted pics of Narrow Gauge equipment - also got nice pohots of a completely dismantled 2-6-0 Baldwin. It was laid out like a model kit. These are in the Narrow Gauge link on my site - the link is in both the O/O27 and Large Scale & Garden railways sections. Enjoy

Just winding down the annual major update on the All Gauge Page ( http;//www.thortrains.net) I have added Holiday Layouts - track plans for running trains under the Tree, plus new Kids' Layouts and Doorway Layouts. Among the new plans we manage to cover HO, N, O / O27, Atlas O, G, S and...

I have a paper kit of a haunted house on my site - just download, open in a DRAW program, print and assemble. Great for the kids. It can be scaled for HO, N, OO and TT. There are also other holiday diorama kits on the page ,fro ma Viking Ship for Leif Erikson's Day to Yule Villages and paper...

Just posted - track plans for running trains under the Tree during the holidays. These are layouts ranging from 4' by 4' to 5' by 5' and 4' by 6'. There are plans for O / O27, Atlas O (3-rail only), S, Standard Gauge, HO, N and G. Nice for the small space and limitations created by having a...

I finally added a section of Train Toys to my website. This is juqst a nice varietyy of toys like battery-operated sets, wooden toys, cast iron floor trains, etc. Those photos of the cats wrecking trains expanded into a section. Now I just have to get some S Gauge and Standard gauge to cover...

Last might I was photographing some of the Maisto "On Track" diecast trains for an article on my website - they're 1/131 size (not really scale). I got help - lots of it. Feline help. Here are pics of the cats doing their thing: http://www.thortrains.net/kidstoys/131tren4.html (Some of...

My wife bought me the new Marx Trains 'Thor" locomotive gun carrier - it's a tinplate loco that's loads of fun. You can see the whole shebang, including our test run here: http://www.thortrains.net/thorloco.html She also got me an original Marx (pre-1075) #400 Army steamer and tender. I...

Just added to my site - track plans for shelf layouts for Ho and N (links are marked "updated"), more S gauge layouts and a new Standard Gauge section with about 15 new track plans. That should about finish the annual upgrade for layouts, so please do enjoy them.

Just posted to the N scale section of my site - new N shelf layouts for narrow spaces. Just find the link marked "updated" - they were added i nthat sedction Enjoy