ViewerMail Flight #138
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Once again, it’s time to answer our voluminous ViewerMail we gathered together some of the greatest minds in the AML Nation to carefully evaluate each piece of mail with the utmost care. Each one was carefully steamed open so that it could later be re-sealed and placed in the Busted Knuckle library to be enjoyed by future generations. The good news is we might answer your mail; the bad news is your DCC system might be obsolete by then. If patience is a virtue, our ViewerMail contributors are saints. It’s not that we ignore ViewerMail, we're just letting it gain value, like a brass...
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Episode 287: Andrew Keeney
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It’s another exciting episode of “a ModelersLife” and this time we travel to the great state of Michigan to visit with Andrew ("Andy") Keeney, a highly respected HO scale model railroader best known for his large, operations-oriented Nashville Road layout. This home is an impressive three-deck HO scale layout measuring roughly 48 x 56 feet, with over 1,100 feet of mainline, more than 40 staging tracks, and around 70 scheduled trains operating on a 24-hour timetable. It recreates the railroads around Nashville, Tennessee, in 1956, using a mix of prototype practice and selective...
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Blair Kooistra Still on the Road
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The thirty-seven epic road trip continues… Starting from his home in Texas, he traveled through the Midwest, Appalachians, and Northeastern United States, photographing railroads, visiting friends, and touring model railroads along the way. Most people come home from a 37-day road trip with a cooler full of souvenirs. Blair came home with enough railroad photos to keep modelers studying scenery, weathering, and railroad operations for years.
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a Visit With Ken Patterson
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Ken Patterson is one of the best-known personalities in model railroading today. He is a professional photographer, modeler, and media producer who has been published extensively in hobby magazines and has photographed dozens of model railroad magazine covers. He’s best known for his “What’s Neat This Week” a popular weekly video show featuring model railroading projects, starring the often enthusiastic Joshua Barton and the always peppy Mike Budde. Ken’s show features new products, techniques, industry news, and guest appearances from hobbyists and manufacturers around the hobby....
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ViewerMail Flight #137
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It’s time for another exciting edition of ViewerMail where every episode starts with hope and ends with somebody discovering there’s a much more complicated way to accomplish what you’re doing. It’s your opportunity to listen as the AML Gang turns a simple two sentence email into a 14-page discussion. Let’s face it ViewerMail is cheaper than therapy while bringing together model railroaders from around the world to disagree about the same thing. ViewerMail is like switching cars in the yard—you never know what's coming next. If model railroading were easy, these podcasts...
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Episode 286: George Taylor Returns!!
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George Taylor has been hanging around the AML Nation almost as long as the modeler simply known as “Kelly.” We’ve travelled a lot of miles with George through the years and it seemed like as good a time as any to catch up on what he’s been doing. It’s a great podcast and one we’re sure you’ll enjoy!!
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Episode 285: Bob Ginger
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Bob Ginger is a well respected model railroader known for his detailed N-scale layout work and realistic operations-oriented design. He earned the prestigious Master Model Railroader (MMR #695) designation from the National Model Railroad Association. The Pepper Valley Division is an N scale freelanced railroad inspired by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and Great Northern railroads set in October 1954. Op-sessions on the Pepper Valley are either one or two-man crews with operators working near each other, making it easy to coordinate train movements. Each train moves in an east or west...
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Episode 284: Dustin Whitten
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Dustin Whitten is a full time 1:1 railroader that’s also an HO scale model railroader known for his coal-hauling Appalachian-themed layouts. His current layout was featured in the “Built by Others” series on inspired by the Virginian project layout that first appeared in . Dustin’s Norfolk & Western South Branch layout took inspiration from this project and adjusted it to fit his space. His freelance layout, the Norfolk & Western South Branch, models Southwestern Virginia in 1987 during the early Norfolk Southern era. On this podcast he explains how he...
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World Record with Andy Zimmerman
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Andy Zimmerman is well known in the model railroading community through his work with the National Model Railroad Association, as the Standards & Conformance Director. Andy’s just one of those guys that makes the hobby go, being heavily involved with modular groups such as N-TRAK and T-TRAK. Recently he took on the role of “N-Rail” president because he has so much spare time. Before his railroad hobby leadership, he served twenty-three years in the U.S. Navy, he's been president of the NMRA Sunshine Region, is active with the Big Bend Model Railroad Association in Florida. But for...
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Dave Owens and NERPM
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Long time friend of the AML Nation, Dave Owens stops by to bring us up to date about this year’s Northeast Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet or NERPM (excuse me) as the regulars call it. For the past three years NERPM has run in partnership with The Amherst Railway Society and provides an opportunity for modelers to participate in a show where modelers of all skill levels are able to exhibit their work, learn about new products, and enjoy the company of other talented modelers. Dave is always quick to point out NERPM (excuse me) is a “MEET” and not a “SHOW.” This is...
info_outlineThis month the director of The Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show a.k.a. the “Springfield Show” dropped by the AML studios to try his hand at the toughest series of questions in the hobby. It’s an inside look at what makes the man who keeps the biggest model railroad show in North America running smoothly for all of to enjoy.
It’s a fun podcast for all to enjoy !!