Edouard,
it's soothing to see I'm not the only weather addict suffering from rail pox.
No known cure ! :-)
> I also have a model railroad layout [...H0 ...] depicting a fictitious museum
> using equipment from the Pickering Lumber company [...]
Interesting scenario !
My layout features two main stations, one is related to the Rhaetian Railways in Switzerland
(
http://www.rhb.ch ) and the other one depicts a fictitious German environment in the 1950s.
> My layout is three 4 feet by 4 feet sections (roughly 1.2 by 1.2 meters,) and was supposed
> to move from a basement area to the living room so that it could literally serve as a
> Christmas tree stand!
Perfect use for a layout of that size !
> [Christmas card pic]
Wonderful. These locos are called Shays, correct ?
> Lucky me, nobody has ever forced me to move the layout back into the basement
> so it is still in the living room.
So it's X-mas in your home all year ?
How is the tree doing ? Did you have to glue the needles to its branches ? ;-)
> Alas, as I was about to start on the second of the uniquely styled Pickering water towers,
Yep, they do look very special.
> my trusty 50 year old station wagon ran into trouble and that has been keeping me
> busy for the past few years. [...]
Oh well... I'm too darn familiar with this kind of issues. My 2nd car is an old one as well,
not as old as yours, but 30 years now:
> Things are finally looking up for my wagon,
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you on this !
> so perhaps my railroad will finally get some attention this year!
A question of priorities... at least according to my experiences ;-)
Regards !
Michel