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Thanks to Scott, Kris and the Gould family for having a great Open House this past Saturday. The company and food were excellent. Chef Dick Rubin was our grillmaster. And everyone got to look at and talk about garden trains. Thankfully those gray clouds rolled by without a drop of rain.... Lunch in the shade At the end of the line The Mill behind the Station Tracks across the Viaduct Trackside Pink Lady Slippers The guests included Terry & Sue Norton, Jeff & Kathy Jacobs, Ernie & Hazel Packard, Jim Jenkins, Dick Rubin (Chef for a Day), Walter Fossett, Dennis Farrell, Pat and Carl Churchill, Paul & Rachel Corbett, Ben Braithwaite, Paul & Rebecca Schell, David Blue & Grace Miller, Doug Johnson, and Sam & Peg Carr. Is Terry recruiting another Gould family member for MGRS? Summer Cottage by the Lake It is hard to refuse a good dessert..... And the "Train Chasers" video trailer Train Chasers - coming soon to a theater near you

And they don't even slow down. Courtesy of Dennis Farrell Trains Plowing Snowy Tracks

I have always enjoyed the 'electrical' part of playing with trains. So it came as no surprise that I wanted to model "Yarmouth Junction" and enjoy watching my Maine Central and Amtrak trains taking turns automatically starting and stopping at the junction crossing. If Scott has the space in a future issue of the IronHorse I can go into the 'How' but for now a short video shows the 'What' of what it looks like. Watch video here:

With the little snow we had over the weekend, conditions were right for a little snow plowing. As I was playing in the snow, I took some video of the progress. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkQlr2KFcPo&feature=channel