Industrial City Rail Works

Owenwood chemical tank car

circa 1920's

I am slowly acquiring a consist of HO scale freight cars that will run on a model railroad layout. A few days ago I was given a 4x8 layout that was partially constructed around 1999-2000 and subsequently abandoned because the owner moved out of town. All track is laid and there are tunnels, bridges, a lake, and a large mountain on one end. The entire layout needs to be painted and landscaped as well as electrified with a power pack so trains will run. It is just a matter of time before Industrial City Rail Works is up and running! Will get pics posted as soon as possible.

Electromechanical Mainframe Computing

Calculatron Model 1

The Modern Electromechanical Computer

Steam Powered * No software * All moving parts

Coal or Wood Fired

Hand Crank Option

Reinforced concrete floor required

New Life For Old Robots

Is your old robot sluggish? Does it need a "pick me up" just to get through the day? Use Aunt Martha's Old Fashioned Robot Oil with radioactive K-14 for improved performance!

Compatible with most domestic models

Fly The Axiom Between Worlds

Modern Atomic Engines

Bluemoth Nightcoach To Saturn

serving all major moons

Robots fly for half fare

Soviet Propaganda Art

I have always admired the industrial aesthetic and bold contrasting colors of Soviet propaganda art.

Operation Big Switch

Snow To Greet Those Not Ready

If you live in the US and receive over-the-air (antenna) broadcasts on an analog TV, and DO NOT have a DTV (digital television) converter box installed by 11:59pm February 17, 2009, one minute later at 12:00 midnight (Feb 18th) your television WILL NOT WORK! That's right, the US federal government is pulling the plug on the RCA developed analog TV system introduced to the public for the first time at the 1939 New York World's Fair. World War 2 initially interrupted the television industry, but by 1946, set manufacturing was in full swing and broadcasts resumed. When color TV was introduced in the mid-1950's, older black and white sets could receive color broadcasts in black and white because the entire television system was based on the analog standard. Now that digital is the new standard, the only way for an over-the-air analog TV to work after the switch is to have a digital-to-analog converter box installed between the antenna and the television or to subscribe to cable or satellite where conversion is automatic. Owners of digital television sets ARE READY NOW, and will not even realize a change has taken place. The idea is to make the transition transparent to the end user. The move to DTV has been in the works since 1996, when the Federal Communications Commission established standards and made the conversion mandatory. In spite of the fact that the switch has been planned for over a decade and hundreds of millions of dollars have been funneled into public service announcements and government issued coupons to help defray converter box costs, some people remain unaware of the looming deadline. Others are in denial and state while they have heard the switch is coming, they do not believe it will happen! While the end result remains to be seen, I predict the transition from analog to to digital television will be successful, but initially disastrous.

8000 Gallon Tank Car

Pipeline On Wheels

For safe and efficient transport of fictitious petroleum and industrial solvents, I have acquired a 1930's era, HO scale, Type 21, 8000 gallon riveted tank car. This utilitarian beast of burden will shuttle between industries delivering fuel and other chemicals to manufacturing facilities, refineries, and warehouses. In real life, many of these units continued to serve railroads well into the 1960's. My obsessive thirst for utilitarian aesthetics has been quenched!