March 8, 2008 - Today we deal with a rather sticky subject God really does love us; he blessed mankind with duct tape. Duct tape is, by far, the single greatest invention to come along since round wheels, indoor plumbing and wireless radio. On the job I have found more uses for it than were probably ever imagined when the stuff was created. And I am relatively certain that some of my uses for it were never dreamed of when they came up with the concept of duct tape.
	Arcade and Attica Railroad 44-tonners in G Scale For me, it was love at first sight. The A&A owned two different 44-tonners, and also a 65-tonner. Each was quite similar in appearance, but each also had their special traits. I wanted one of each.
	January 18, 2008 - Untitled As some of you along the HTOTHI network are aware, we had some vicious storms sweep through the Midwest on Monday January 7th. The Chicago area and state of Illinois were not exempt. A tremendous amount of rain fell upon the region in a short period of time causing floods and all sorts of other chaos. In some areas there were tornadoes and high winds to wreak havoc along with the rain and flood waters. Let’s see, it is January, winter time and 57° F. What’s wrong with this picture?
	Book Review: Rails Across New England: 1989-1999 – Volume 2 Without a doubt, Rails Across New England – Volume 2 is a landmark book for fans of New England railroading. You don’t need to read to the end of this review to find that out. Publisher Mike Confalone and noted author and photographer Brian Solomon have come together to present an interesting and varied album of the railroad scene during the last decade of the 20th century. This time, we travel around southern New England, covering Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
	December 6, 2007 - Today; The right place at the right time The defect detector has replaced human beings in the function of inspecting passing trains. In years past when there were towers located all up and down the railroads, the operators at these towers would give a roll-by, a visual inspection of a train as it passed the tower location. The operator would stand on the ground and observe the train as it passed observing for potential defects. With the towers pretty much a memory in most locations, those sets of eyes to watch trains for defects are gone.
	Easy Methods for Flawless Handlaid Track and Turnouts Now that benchwork has progressed on the Amoskeag Northern, we can start laying some track so that we can get to the real point of the layout, running trains!
	Book Review: Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars is an exciting new book from Arcadia Publishing, as part of its “Images of Rail” series. Authored by Jim Walker, a well-known transit historian and former owner of Interurban Press, he is now an archivist for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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