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        Editorial













         The middle of summer is not          discussion, we chose this is-        gether and leave the kids
         usually the time most think to       sue to bring our layout to           with a sitter!
         work on their layouts (unless        you, our faithful readers and
         it’s too hot to do anything          fellow modelers.  Our Z scale        Whatever you decide, please
         else except hide out in the          modular layout has grown             do so safely.  Have a great
         basement), but don’t forget          little by little over the years      summer and we will see you
         that there are a lot of train        and it is something that both        in the fall!
         shows and clubs that meet in         Kevin and I are very proud of
         air conditioned buildings.           and we are happy to show             - Bonnie
         There are also rail museums          off.
         and tourist lines that only op-
         erate this time of the year, so      Each section highlights indi-
         take the opportunity to visit        vidual interests that we both
         them if you can.                     have and the love of a city we
                                              both grew up in.  Some of the
         Throughout the last two is-          photos showcase our talents
         sues, we have brought you            and we sincerely hope that
         club layouts, historical indus-      everyone enjoys looking at
         tries, how-to articles and train     them as much as we enjoyed
         shows.  We’ve let you sift           building them.
         through photos, track maps,
         stats and lists of all sorts.        As I mentioned earlier, sum-
         There has been a lot of really       mer is upon us and the kids
         great suggestions and feed-          are out of school.  Why not
         back and we want to thank all        join a club, go to a museum, a
         of you for your support and          railfest, do some railfanning
         continued readership.                or take the train somewhere?
                                              Pull the grandkids away from
         One of the most common               their phones and tablets and
         questions we’ve gotten was if        plant their butts in a train car
         we had our own layout.  We           made of wood pulled by a
         do, in fact, have our own            smoking, belching fire
         model railroad at home that          breathing locomotive.  Or,
         we both enjoy working on in          heck, get some friends to-
         our spare time.  After a brief


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