A brief break from railroading to celebrate the true reason for the season. This website will be updated in the New Year. May the message of Christmas fill your life with joy and peace.
Category: Announcements
Cover Model
"Wanna see my smilin' face on the cover of the Rolling Stone" -Dr. Hook- Great Model Railroads 2025, featuring the definitive article on The Hills Line, is now available at fine hobby stores everywhere and on the Trains.com Store. Be right back... I'm off to buy five copies for my mother.
Stranger in a Strange Land
The communal aspects of this hobby continue to amaze me. Recently I had the honor of participating in the Around The Layout Podcast Interchange Tour. In a nutshell, modelers were able to sign up to host a Gunderson 50-foot paper boxcar in ATLP livery, operate it on their respective layouts, share a few photos of … Continue reading Stranger in a Strange Land
A Five-Year Mission
Yeah... I know it's a clichéd saying. But it still resonates. On the fifth anniversary of The Hills Line, my sincere thanks to everyone for boldly joining me on this voyage.

