Model Trains and Things

Even though we spent seven years in Tasmania I took very few railway photos while I was down there. However there are several well-known Tassie railway photographers who have some great work available on the Web.

But there’s also a lesser-known photographer who has some great shots on the Web for you to see. His name is Jeff Grenfell and you can find his work here

Lot’s of us have had dreams of becoming a train driver. It seems like a dream job for any model railway enthusiast but is it really as good as we think it is?

Of course there’s the shift work and the time spent in a motel far away from home. And there’s also something else … the almost inevitable day when your train kills someone. Then the dream job becomes a nightmare.

But just how much of a nightmare it becomes is something most of us don’t realise. Follow this link and you’ll have a chance to see how three fatal accidents have had a terrible impact on one American train driver.