#HO Scale

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    Farewell Wee Reading Co.

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    Soon I will begin boxing up the locomotives, rolling stock and buildings. I will lift the track for future use and salvage elements of the electrical system including hundreds of feet of wire, dozens of lights and LEDs, plus numerous toggle switches that I used to control train movements.

  • Merry Christmas from Tracking the Light!

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    It’s been several months since I last featured photos showing the progress to the HO Scale Reading Company Kris and I have been building in her basement.

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    Wee Reading with the Lumix

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    Over the weekend, I continued to wire and tidy up our HO-scale interpretation of the Reading Company.

  • Antracite Country in HO—Progress

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    On snowy Saturdays and dark evenings, we’ve continued to recreate a vision of Eastern Pennsylvania anthracite country in HO Scale.

  • Anthracite Country Construction in HO.

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    I’ve been scouring old topographical maps, perusing more old photos, reviewing books, and using Google Earth to adapt a prototype from the former Reading Company main line and Mine Hill Branches.