No train time!

That about sums it up.  Beween my job, coaching and the family, my free time is just about non-existant.  No I have not dropped off the face of the earth with this blog but nothing really to post.  I have not done anything model railroading except look at a MR.  I have not been in my layout room except to get something.  That definitely needs to change!  I'm planning to slow down/stop the coaching aspect after this spring.  This will give me a lot more time for my family and I don't have the energy like I did when I started 16 years ago.  So, I hope to get backing into my layout room ASAP.  Stay tuned!

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Finally an itch to scratch Modeling time!

Spent the past weekend at the Great Scale Model Train Show up near Baltimore, Maryland and this may have been the thing to get me going.  One of the show owners needed some help manning his tables all weekend.  I gladly obliged and I even had a 2 tables to sell my excess.  I did quite well both days and even found a few great deals.  It was a great weekend and I want to thanks Mike for inviting me and all the hospitality.  I may even be helping out with all their shows in the future!  In case you have never heard of the GSMTS, here's some info about it:
Great Scale Model Train Show

This show is one of the biggest in the mid-Atlantic and is held 4 times a year.  The fall and winter show are the most popular and larger ones.

Look what I found!  My lost work desk and it's clean.

Picked up this kit at the show.  An older Walthers kit.  A kit is always a good thing to get your modeling juices flowing again.

Never put one of these together.

Deal of the show.  Like I need another locomotive! But this one was too good to pass up!  A Bowser VO-1000 that has Tsunami sound, $50!  had to get it.

 

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