Brothers, I was getting so many email postings from OGR forums that I couldn't keep up. Apologies if I haven't recognized your accomplishments adequately. You are the best of the best!
Since I don't have room in my condo for a layout, I restore junked postwar rolling stock. Then create train sets to give to grand kids and friends' children.. I just finished overhauling a 671 loco with its funny longitudinal worm gear arrangement, a 2056 loco, a 637 loco, and a 6466WX tender. All will power complete sets to give away.
My most enjoyable project lately has been to create a rail car to give to my brother for his 70th birthday. He has the Lionel train set that my Dad set up around our Christmas tree when we were small kids. It is in my brother's attic unused. So I decided to make a boxcar for his alma mater, Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, to induce him to set up the trains again. I am getting pretty good at making water-slide decals from scratch, and sealing them without running the ink. The car took many hours of work but I think the effort paid off:
