(jeb@oscalemag.com). - O Scale Trains Magazine Online

Osprey Lakes & Northern 2-10-0 #5712 chuffs across Dog River trestle.Old O.L.L.Co. wood caboose #02 passes through Kaloma yard on the end of ashort work train. The foreman’s son is enjoying the opportunity to ride with his dad.(by various manufacturers), Atlas and Red Caboose plastic models,and a few wooden kits. The layout is powered by the triedand-trueblock system. It is wired for two-cab operation, butat the moment I’m using only one cab. In the future, I plan touse both cabs, so operations can be performed in the yard andon the mainline simultaneously by two operators. Eventually Iwould like to have my locomotives equipped with sound.Perhaps now is the time to confess that I’m one of those whoderives great enjoyment from just watching trains meanderingthrough highly detailed countryside. In other words, operationinvolving complex switching is not my cup of java. This isnot meant to be any kind of slight against those who do; morepower to them. For me, just two yard areas, with simple switchingcapabilities and not a lot of trackage for storage of copiousquantities of cars, is sufficient.The OL&N is the handiwork of three people. My good friendMar/Apr ’07 - O Scale Trains •