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Thank you very much for your kind comment. By the way: it's guy, not guys

Greetings to you too. It is heart-warming to read your message. You will pardon me if I say at 76 you are still a young man, I have just a few days ago turned 89, You will understand if I too have to slow-down a little. You are mentioning book number 5. Are you the writer of books that deal with teenage issues and are you giving talks at universities on this subject? There is an author by your name and he has written 4 books so far, I found that out by looking at Google. But he does not seem to live in Florida. I don't want to disappoint you. So I am working on another, be it only, a short video. You may recall the bridge that led in three truss sections over the pond. The racoons made me give-up on it. They tipped it over once too often. It is now history. The bridges themselfs, after some rework, are still in good shape and I found two places on my layout where they can still do duty. I keep the third as a spare. The video will show where they found their new place. One is serving to extend the streetcar to it"s new end station. The other is now part of the mainline. It was a considerable amount of work, plannig, moving earth and big rocks and relaying about 20 meters of track, but it"s nearly all finished now. You too keep healthy and safe.

@@Landsend-Railroad As usual, it is wonderful getting your message! Very much appreciated and enjoyed! To clarify things; I don't write about teenage issues since my kids are 48 and 50 years of age and our grand kids are between 19 and 24. My first book was titled: "Circumnavigating Oz", a trip around Australia. It's an account of a six week trip around Australia my sweet bride and I took in 2008. It was published in 2009, and I have sent lots and lots of digital copies. I no longer worry about the copyright issues and I'm just happy for as many people as possible to read it. It's 230 pages with 100 photographs. It covers the history of Australia (Called "Oz" by the Aussies... short for "God'z-own") the geography, and occasionally humorous anecdotes! It also has a bit of a "How-to" section on how to plan and pack for extended travels. During my long and occasionally successful career I worked in 78 countries and lived in 12 at various times. My absolutely favorite destination was B.C., mostly in the Vancouver-Victoria area; followed closely by Australia and New Zealand. After my nasty injury in 1997 I could no longer travel or work, so I took up writing and photography. The next four books are the story of an American family from 1962 to 2005 during the Vietnam War and selected related events. My current project is volume five, wrapping up some parts of the story that I hadn't explained clearly in the other four volumes. I haven't published it yet, but I'd better make up my mind in the relatively near future! It's lots harder to publish the books than writing them, especially working with an editor. That requires a bit of a thick skin! I'm mildly handicapped with a rare nerve condition as a result of my injury; and a very well known author has been an excellent mentor. He writes legal thrillers (ala' John Grisham) and has 20 New York Times best sellers. If you get any time to read (With all your incredible projects!) I'd be happy to send you one. As most of us are, I'm careful about publicly releasing my e-mail address, but this one should not be a problem; plus those of us who love your videos are a pretty safe group. Anyway, here goes: "bknight7111@gmail.com". I'd be happy to send you a digital copy. If you have the time and inclination, I'd be thrilled to correspond over that e-mail address. Be safe and well! Mike

One little point in wanted to add. A couple years ago I mentioned higher mountains (In jest!) and referred to a lay-out in New Jersey with VERY high mountains. I now remember the name: "Northlandz" It's not a typo; it does have a "Z" in it. The mountains are between 15 and 25 feet high, if I remember... Cheers!

Thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated

It is in my garden alright. You would not be jealous when you knew how much work it is to keep it decent looking. Mother natur is no help. Thanks for thr comment.

Thank you!

Interesting comment. How old are you? I just wondered, the word TWEE is actually baby-talk.

Thank you, I try. The maintenance is getting more difficult when one gets older. In a few days I will be 89.

I am happy to hear my videos are helping you to relieve stress. You noticed, I put a fair amount of attention into the trackplanning. Some of the models are commercially available quite a few I have stratch-built. Thanks for your coment.

I admire the extend of your interest in this journey. It is true, some less interesting sections I have removed to keep the length of the presentation in check. However, throughout the video the sequence is maintained. No scenes are out of place. Thank you for your very interesting comment.

Not much to see right now. I still need to clean up. Later in the summer would be a better time.

@@Landsend-Railroad Thank you. See you in May End.

I am not far off having my 90th birthday. But as long as I can and get comments from people like you, I will keep up the work effort. Thanks for your appreciation.

@@Landsend-Railroad A railroad magnum opus at the very least. Incredible.

A big smile indeed. Thank you for the endorsement. As for you spending all day long in my garden. You are welcome. There is a lot of winter clean-up to be done. But somehow I did not think that is what was on your mind.

@@Landsend-Railroad sir, having served 30 years with the fire and rescue service, I understand the importance of attention to detail, to achieve the very best outcomes measured by the level of determination , enthusiasm, and commitment. You sir, hold those same qualities . Coincidentally after my, shifts of 2 days and two nights, I would spend my spare time gardening. For my family. So, yes for sure, if I lived close by, I would offer to work in your garden for free!.. my philosophy is to earn what you receive in this life. So my proposal is, simple... All day hard working....for one hour, in therapy enjoying your creativity...cup of tea included, please. My job application already in the post!!! 😉

Sir, your life philosophy and determination is admirable. And in more ways than one our take on life ist identical. The people say: "The devil is in the details! " So is the fun they may miss to see and experience. Detailing may be tedious, but once you are done, the rewards are worth it. If you only lived close by....To find out is not so easy, the super visibility of RUclips is hardly the vehicle to find out. In a controlled invitational and not right-out public promotional we have had 600 visitors during one weekend. You will understand if I do not place my address here. Thanks for the application anyways.

Buenas tardes.Quiero agregar a tan destacados comentarios la importancia que tuvo su hermoso trabajo en tiempos de pandemia.Ver este video todos los días me ayudó mucho a llevar adelante mi trabajo de médico.Siempre agradecido.

Esta es realmente una maravillosa noticia. Me alegra poder ayudar a que su trabajo en primera línea sea un poco más fácil. Gracias por enviar tu comentario.

I build that eons ago, sometime in the 80th. It really was a novel idea at the time, long before anyone else had anything of the kind. Thanks for your favorable comment.

I am so glad you like what you see. It makes all the maintenance work I do worth while. Thanks for taking the trouble to boost my energy.

This is G scale, 45 mm gauge. The scale of the rolling stock is 1:22.5. Which makes them 1 meter gauge.

Gracias. El campo es tan hermoso que se lleva todo el mérito.

Я очень рада, что вам понравилось. Спасибо.

Details are important to me, You noticed, thanks

Sometimes wishes come true. Keep wishing.

I hope. Thank you. @@Landsend-Railroad

You are very kind. It takes all of the above and then some. Many people could achive something of he kind, but they give up before they try.

I run the train relatively slowly this enables viewers to observe the details I spent so much time on. You obviously made good use of it. Thank you for your comment.

Really, the genius is with the real thing. I just copied it on a smaller scale. But Thanks anyways.

I started on the basic design and layout 20 years ago, but much has been changed or added to over the years, Thanks for the attention.

Your comment is appreciated. Thank you.

The outer curves have a radius of 140 mm. It has a tighter section in the top right corner at 110 mm. The train is in that section at 0:43.

Thanks! The z gauge modelers say that the trains require 195 mm curves but your suitcase layout clearly disproves that.@@Landsend-Railroad

The wider radius is certainly indicated for the newer and longer models. The ones I run on the brief case are quite short.

Thank you. Yes, it took and still takes a lot of hours to keep it all in shape. Storms, even mayor ones, do not do much harm. In almost 40 yerars of garden railroading I had no buildings or plants damaged and only one bridge blown over during a wind storm. A heavy rain is a different matter. Damage can be avoided by providing proper drainage. Cleaning the track after a heavy rain is unavoidable. A light drizzle is actually helpful to clean the track.

You got that right. It too all of the above to create this. And it is a one person effort. Amazingly it did not take an excessive amount of money, since much of it is home-grown. Even some of the trains are scratch-built. Not sure about the OCD???

Yes indeed, everything in the briefcase, including the batteries and electronics, is secure and stays in place when the case is closed. The only exception is the train itself. I do remove it before closing and transporting the case. I am 88 years young and still work on my train hobbys. If you need help becoming a Z-scale enthusiast let me know. Maybe I can help.

On this paticular run the #110 had to do double duty with its dynamic brakes since the diesel engine of the #103 had quit on its arrival in Carcross the day before. This presented a lot of extra dead weight in the consist. The end part of the downhill run, as you call it, already begins at he summit 52:00. There are very few and only short stretches of level track almost all the way to "shops" 1:17:30. And thank you for your appreciation for my part in making this video

Narrow gauge Far remote location without rail connections Unique model of locos that outlast the plant that builted them. I territory, 1 province, 2 countries. Lot of variations in height, vegetation, climate with stiff grades. Question. Where was the mine ? Find no evidence on Google Earth. A big thanks to have answered and good 2024.

not interested in selling now?