My wife and I made our yearly pilgrimage to the mountains of Maryland to visit her relatives. It is so peaceful and a slower way of life there. I love it. My wife’s cousin Rick, a born and bred mountain man, took me and my wife’s brother Dan on a hike into the mountains so [...]
Have you seen the Bird’s Eye view feature on Bing’s maps page? Really cool. The images are high quality and you can rotate the camera angle. Technology is amazing! Check out the views of Brittain Yard I was able to get from Bing. Now if only I had available the entire 68′ it would require [...]
On a recent trip into Akron I was able to get some nice photos of the diesel shop at the former AC&Y yard. Thanks to the Wheeling & Lake Erie yardmaster for allowing me to photograph there. At least I should be able to reproduce this part of the building reasonably accurate. The other half [...]
A good friend reading the LK&O blog for the first time commented that I did not make it entirely clear what railroad is the LK&O (or will be). Is the LK&O a real railroad that is being modeled or is it fictional? What relationship does the LK&O have with AC&Y, CSX, and CN? Actually, his [...]
…the Akron Canton and Youngstown RR is not a fallen flag? …the AC&Y interchanges CN at Delphos and CSX at Mogadore? …unit grain trains move from Michigan to western Maryland? …endless coal drags move from western Maryland to Michigan? …everything is 1/87th size? …some guy is having a blast in his basement? You would be [...]