Mark - congratulations on your CTT article!!
I will have to pick up a copy off the newsstand. Also sending you wishes of wellness on your knee surgery!
Congrats first, & good health and recovery on the surgery. You are a great positive value to this forum.
Wow … beautiful! A true Christmas layout!
SantaFeJim posted:Mark, congratulations to you and Kim. I always enjoy seeing a genuine down to earth good guy gets well deserved recognition. In this case a good guy and his wife. ...
+1 ^^^
Good luck with the surgery, Mark. I marvel at, and am thankful for, what medicine can do for us.
Jim
Mark, congratulations on the article! I just subscribed so I could see your story. It’s great and did bring back so many great memories! You packed an awful lot into a small space. Well deserved.
Andy
Congrats Mark' on a well done project'. And the best of wishes for a speedy recovery'.. Be a good time to build some kits while recovering'...
Very nicely done Christmas layout, Mark.
Hang in there with the knee surgery.
Wow! Page 2! I am overwhelmed with the wonderful comments! Thank you everyone!
Ted, I have an AmeriTown kit I have selected to build, and maybe the Atlas O signal tower, (my late uncle gave me that kit in HO as a teenager back in the late '60s.) I have 3 laser cut kits in my little workshop, but am going to leave them for later.
Andy, Congratulations on subscribing. I prefer the bulk of the OGR articles better than CTT because I am a scale modeler, but they have some great stuff for prewar and post-war besides current day.
Jim, It is absolutely amazing what today's medicine can do today. I saw my wife get both knees replaced, and my friend a retired machinist who is getting his knee replaced Friday, has been asking all kinds of mechanical questions about it that I never think of. 
Joe, Thank you very much! I try to encourage everyone I can. I was a lone wolf modeler for 30 years before I found the Internet, so I always want to share especially with the less experienced folks.
Congrats, Mark! This has motivated me to break out my standard gauge and set up a Christmas display.
John
John, That was the vision of the article; to motivate folks to break out some trains old or new and setup a simple but effective Christmas or Holiday of their choice scene! I would love to see your Standard Gauge trains! I didn't even know such existed until a few years ago!
Congratulations Mark and good luck on your surgery. I haven’t seen the article yet but I will look for it. Sounds like a great layout.
Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:Okay, found it over on page 622 I think. I also think you may have posted this on FB as I believe I saw it there unless it was in Weekend Photo Fun. Regardless of where, it is one heck of a Christmas Layout Mark.
Dave, That is it!! Page 609 to 622. I forgot I had completed it before December 1st! That was because I was laid off in mid October. I am not sure if I posted it on FB, If so it would have been on Harry Henning's Tips and Tricks page, where I am one of the lesser active admins. I probably did put it on Weekend Photo Fun. Than you for clueing us including me in on the end for everyone.
Mark,
Congratulations on the layout and may you be blessed with a successful surgery and quick recovery.
Mark Boyce posted:Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:Okay, found it over on page 622 I think. I also think you may have posted this on FB as I believe I saw it there unless it was in Weekend Photo Fun. Regardless of where, it is one heck of a Christmas Layout Mark.
Dave, That is it!! Page 609 to 622. I forgot I had completed it before December 1st! That was because I was laid off in mid October.
I like things neat when they can be. I do remember when you said you were laid off and we all said what a bummer. The Ray of sunshine was the layout.
hello Mark... congratulations on the magazine article, and good luck with the surgery !
can't wait to get a copy and check it out !!
Thank you Brian! I had written in the name 'Mount Brian' on the simple layout diagram I submitted, but they left it off the wonderful diagram in the article. There is an honorable mention in the article however.
Now is the time to thank each and every one of you who made a suggestion, an attaboy, a 'like', or any other word while I was building this layout last November! I also wish to thank everyone on the OGR Forum and the OGR Staff for providing this Forum to exchange ideas! The only thing that would have made it better for me would have been if the article was in OGR Magazine and not the other magazine. This is in no way criticizing anyone! The article fit a niche one editor wanted to fill. They are two very different magazines with some overlapping focus, but in other ways much different focus. I do hope to one day be able to do something with my scale layout build that can be shared with the broader readership of OGR Magazine; the King of O Gauge Railroading, in my opinion. Thank you everyone!!!
Mark, I just finished the really nice article on you in Classic Toy Trains. Well done.
Doug
I finally received my issue of CTT on Saturday Mark, and read your article this afternoon. Now I know what everyone was talking about.
Really enjoyed it, congrats!
Thank you Doug and Ski!! Yes, don't you hate it when you can't see what everyone else is talking about. The old, "What's everyone laughing about?" And then are told, "You had to be there." Period. I'm glad you liked it.
Congratulations Mark!! Very nice layout, and you definitely made use of every square inch of the space. Hope to see you at York in April.
John
Just read the article, great job Mark.
Cool. The mag just came in a few days ago.
Mark, I just got my CTT magazine today and read it first thing. Great article and I really liked the layout, Brian, nice suggestion. Alan, I agree with the rest of the guys, very classy answer. Like Mark, I subscribe to both magazines, I just like reading them and I get some great ideas from both. I like CTT and have had my subscription for longer than I can remember, when I discovered OGR magazine, I immediately got my subscription and have maintained it each year. CTT has nothing on OGR, they don't have a forum like we have here and I really don't think that OGR has anything to worry about.
Mark, best of luck with your upcoming knee surgery, I hope all turns out very well and your recovery is quick and hopefully you'll not have too much pain. Make sure you do you PT and don't cheat because it hurts.
thank you J.MOTTS
Mark did a great job building his Christmas wonderland !
A few days late to the party but I just saw the article yesterday. Congratulations and good luck with the surgery.
Thank you everyone!!
John, I do hope to see you at York in April too!
Eric, Sam, Joe, Thank you!!
J. Motts, Thank you! Great statements about the two magazines!! How true!
Don't worry about the PT. I have been on PT about half of this year. First for the slipped discs and right leg damaged sciatic nerves, and then preoperative PT for the left knee. My wife just had her second knee replaced in July, so I have seen what goes on. Besides, she is an RN and a real trooper. She will keep me on the straight and narrow!! 
Great layout and article. Hope all goes well with your surgery. I've had it done and it made a world of difference in my mobility.
Thank you, George!!
Mark, just picked up a copy of CTC December 2019 issue from local toy train shop that came in today. Congrats, only had a quick look at the pictures looks good. Looking forward to the read.
Ron
Thank you, Ron!!
Mark,
Very nice article and layout.
Good luck with your knee replacement. Do your therapy and use lots of ice and frozen veggies to help with the swelling!
As a bonus there was that article about Neal Schorr and his kids.
Norm
Norm, Thank you very much! We have lots of ice packs!!
I saw Neil’s article is in the magazine and am looking forward to reading it!!
Nice set up Mark. Ever since I can remember there is something magical about trains at Christmas. Not the same as our regular layouts any other time of year. I'm sure everyone knows what I mean.Nick
Thank you, Nick!
Now I feel pressured...lol....I have let the 2 train magazine’s lapse over time...looks like I have to see what all the buzz I about....and get me a copy ! Good luck with the surgery....and do all the the PT ...at least that’s what I’ve heard. I still have all my original equipment...so far.
Thank you, Nessmuck!! My RN wife who has been through this twice will keep me in line on the PT!!
Hi Mark, sorry you have to go for knee surgery, i know what a bummer it can be, but, hey, there is light at the end of the Tunnel, no pun intended, lol, good luck, we love your CTT article, the layout looks great,get well soon, Phil
Thank you, Phil!! Yes, there is light at the end of the tunnel!!
Congrats!!
Thank you, Jeff! Wow, it's been almost a year since we we visited your nice layout! I had noticed a while back you changed your photograph, holding that little bundle of joy!! Is that your first grandchild?
Hi Mark!
I’m so glad to see that your health appears to be in the upswing and your able to do an article for CTT and get Trains running!
Nice to see
Al
