From shelf to EMPIRE

摘要

When I cut a hole in the living room wall in order to expand my N scale railroad into the hallway beyond, I thought that was as large a model railroad as I would ever own. I was just happy that my wife agreed to my bizarre suggestion (see "Harlowton, Montana, in N scale," Model Railroader, Oct. 1999). But within a couple years, what I had only dreamed about became a reality, and I acquired a basement (with a nice home on top).