GORGEOUS.............

Garden Railways…

And you all thought this thread would be about Rene…

I love the book Marc and Pat put out.

Was it a good saler? I don’t know.

But its always by my bed stand for those nights I don’t want to think.

I wish for GRYs 25th anv they should do a great GRRs like the baby scales do. With all types and sizes.

From around the country and the world.

Keep the adds to a min.

Maybe Rene can take this on and I’d be glad to donate to the cause.

Hey Marty, I missed something what was the book you’re describing? Thanks again for the water tender pictures! I have not started it, I burned up my challenger and got to get that fixed pronto, Joe P

How could you miss hearing about this?

http://kalmbachcatalog.stores.yahoo.net/62326.html

-Brian

Oh, That book! Never read the title, gonnin have to get it if Marty likes it!!! Thanks, Joe

Look at this site

http://www.trainweb.org/pcsrr/indexx.html nice layout!!!

Are they gonna lock this one, too?

Marty started it! [:D]

Toad

Yeah, ADDS, is always way tttttttttttttttttttooooooooooooo much.

More pictures and product performance and evaluations…

Byron

Ya I have to agree great book. Everytime I look at it I see something different in the pictures. Great book to look at when you dont want to read or be bothered by adds.

Great idea!!

We could start with Mart’s

Then Keven’s

Mark’s

Some steem or raised and indoor layouts

Also some smaller garden railroads and 7/8 etc.

I’ll bye one!!

Sean

Marty,

I have the greatest respect for you. You’ve answered many of my dumb questions. Sometimes twice, and you’re an asset to this board.

Perhaps you’re on a first-name basis with Rene, I have no way of knowing that. Perhaps Rene is ‘one of the guys’. I’m still a newbie around here and I don’t know how the water flows.

I found your opening line off-putting, because I happen to think she is a beautiful person, based only on a couple of posts and a like number of pixes.

Perhaps I’m oversensitive.

Respectfully,

Les W.

Believe me I meant it as a complement.

Rene doing what she does in a “mans world” of trains. I have great respect for.

Me as a busness owner/operator, folks tend to lift me up higher than they should. The same with Marc H and Rene and who ever. My joking with her is viewing her as the person she is.

Every once and ahwile I send Marc H. an e-mail just to see what hes working on, what he is iterested in on his RR. I don’t want to be on the take all the time.

I see Kevin S ,Marc and Rene as people doing what they love to do.

I was hoping the thread title would brighten up her morning when she first read it.

My wife Carrie knows I give complements with no exspectations behind it.

I’m glad you brought this up so no one else will feel wronged.

Years ago I had a large corperate company want to hire me, I worked for them for 1year.

I realized then that there is no “big guys”, there are just men and women doing what they think they should.

I can sit and enjoy visiting with Lewis Polk about his grandson as well as with you or anybody.

hope this helps

You guys are sweet. I guess I feel like one of the “guys” in general. My dad manages a tire shop, so I grew up around things with wheels. I worked for him, on a farm, and helped with cutting/splitting wood at home, so I know how to get dirty. Working for a train magazine, in some ways, is simply an extension of that.

Marty, I didn’t take offense to your comment. I know about your sense of humor, hee hee!

Personally, I like the ads in GR and other railroad modeling magazines. To me, advertisements add value to the magazines by giving me information about products related to my hobby.

Of course, there should always be a balance. A magazine that is mostly ads with little original content would not be of interest to me, unless it was free!

Marty,

After reading this thread, I ordered one of the books.

JimC.

That particular book provided a great deal of inspiration for my beginning the rail way. I just need to break it out again to get the inspiration needed to finish!! [B)]

Mark[C):-)]