All aboard. Grab a comfy seat and enjoy.
Everyone on board. Welcome back to the wonderful world of model trains and to our second edition of Tractive Effort, an O Gauge Forum Publication. This is a special way for us to march forward into Spring and a brighter year. In this issue, we will explore many different areas that the model railroad hobby encompasses.
Spring is a time for growth and renewal and this edition has grown with additional columnists and writers, a colorful and interesting photo section, and a salute to one of our sponsors, Evan Designs.
This month, new columnist Mark Sarver has a delightful column entitled Butt Ugly Trains and some beautiful outside photos of his layout. Wood Foss continued with part 2 of Fabulous Railroad Hotels of the Gilded Age in which he describes how he filled an empty corner of his layout with the help of Fairmont Banff Hotel in Alberta, Canada.
John Henninges wrote about his dad’s tinplate collection that he now treasures, Mark Boyce began a column, So You Want to Build a Layout, An O Gauge Layout In a Small Space, and Emile began his first column in a three part series with Photo Hints, Lighting.
Are you interested in techniques that will improve your layout? If so, check out Charlie Stoia’s article about Dry Brushing, Joe Brino on Box Car Loads, and Andy De La Rosa who continued his series on Upgrading a UP Set.
Bruce Urbanski, Brian Vaill, and Adam Rypinski, all contributed as did others. I won’t divulge every topic. And there is a special tribute to a two time winner. Open and enjoy.
O Gauge Forum has a group of talented people and it has been a pleasure reading and editing their work as we add them to our magazine. A special thank you to those who have made submissions and, last but not least, I want to thank our publishing staff, Trey Conway and Anna Underwood for the hard work that they did putting this entire thing together… Thanks to both of you for YOUR tremendous assistance.
Future editions are planned with a March, June, September, December, schedule. Included are plans for additions such as member’s comments, member’s layout, and product reviews.
Tractive Effort and the staff welcome suggestions, photos, comments, additional articles, and columns, Please contact me at oldhokie70@charter.net.
Happy Easter and Hope for a Warm Spring
Paula R. Webb
Editor-in-Chief
