Monthly Archives: July 2014
Glue and Sticky Goo
Glue and Sticky Goo By Roger Heid During the assembly and construction of a model railroad layout, you will sooner or later be confronted with glue issues. There are so many
A Day with a BR 44 Steam Locomotive
A Day with a BR 44 Steam Locomotive By Roger Heid One day, going home from school, I noticed that my commuter train was going to be pulled by a very
Cats and Trains
Cats and Trains By Roger Heid I think, it goes back to 1956, if I remember correctly. Earlier that year, our old cat had passed on, a rather tearful event. She
A Ride on a V 200 Diesel Locomotive
A Ride on a V200 Diesel Locomotive By Roger Heid During the mid 1960’s, I commuted from my home town to Stuttgart in order to attend a Tech College, about 5-6
Visiting a BR 50 Steam Locomotive
Visiting a BR 50 Steam Locomotive By Roger Heid During the ‘70s I was doing my patriotic chores with Uncle Sam, stationed in Stuttgart, West Germany. On a fine day in
Memories of Old
Memories of Old 103 By Roger Heid On this fine Sunday afternoon, I went to the Matinee Movie Show at 3pm. This certainly was not the first, nor the last time;
Memories of the BR 64
Memories of the BR 64 By Roger Heid Back in 1954, living in West Germany, I started to commute to school, on a daily basis. Quite often, the commuter train was
Memories of the BR 23
Memories of the BR 23 By Roger Heid Once in a while, during the mid fifties and early sixties, I encountered the B23 steam loco. She was very impressive. The drive
Memories of the Old Rail Bus
Memories of the Old Rail Bus By Roger Heid Sometime, during the summer of 1953, I think, something new was introduced to our local railroad branch line. They called it a
Gifts for Kids: Fundamentally Speaking
Gifts For Kids: Fundamentally Speaking By Roger Heid It comes to mind that the current generation of children is inundated with all the market offerings of items relating to computer technology,