My name is Chester Louis, I'm 65 and have been model railroading since 1959 when I got my HO train set as my 12 year Christmas present.
Today I model in Proto48. Back in the 70's I got into O scale when my ex-wife and I were first married. We lived in an apartment so there wasn't a layout, but I began meeting fellow O scalers and began learning all that I could. Fifteen years ago I bought my house and started an HO layout, but didn't get very far when I changed to On2. I finished off part of the basement to make it nice and started a layout.
Well I grew tired after about ten years and really needed something different again. I remembered the fun I had with O scale so decided to give it another try. After starting my Proto48 railroad, I started a blog to record the progress of my railroad. Here take a look at it to see what I've accomplish. This blog is no longer accessible because google now requires you to have a mobile device and I don't own any. So I'm planning to start a new blog which will continue from where I left off with the old one.
Last year I completed a promise I made to myself when I was 12 yrs old. I was introduced to live steam that year and promised myself that I would someday own a live steamer. Last year I bought an Accucraft Fn3 4-4-0 live steamer. I'm slowly working on changing some of the details and will only be firing her up a few times a year to get my steam fix. But it's a ton of fun.
I'm looking forward to hearing and meeting some of you. I live in Western Massachusetts so if you're close by let me know.
Talk with ya all later.
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