L&N RR's Casey Sub-Division (in N-Scale) 

Saturday July 11th 2009.

For me today was one of the most significant and memorable days as the owner of the L&N RR Casey Sub-Division. After much planning and just over 3 years of work since relocating to a new home, the railroad had its first Operator training and viewing day. With almost a full crew in attendance we had many trains running, plenty of switching, and lots of railfanning. There was plenty of discussion and it was very pleasing to see the layout operated by the group of friends that I enjoy model railroading with.

There was also a little bit of trading of wares done by several of the crew. I will post new photos of the layout over the next month and a few from the running day.

April 20th 2010

A long time ago one of my fellow modellers uttered the phrase "Over my dead body". This was in reference to converting his very nicely operating DC controlled layout over to DCC.

Well 3 "Over my dead body's" later the conversion was done. This started the "Over my dead body"  rule within our operating group and to date I have only said this once about changing to DCC.

I did however say "Never say Never", and as of April 15th I am the owner of a Digitrax Super Chief DCC system to operate the L&N. Now all the work starts with a re-wire of the layout and upgrade of the loco's with decoders. It will be well worth the effort when it is finnished.

I highly recommend purchasing from DCC Hobby Supply in Colorado. I placed my order and it arrived in Australia within a week. Excellent service great prices and freight costs. Please check out their site on the Links Page. Thanks John.