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: ... 1968. Wife Sarah and I moved to a rural part of Fort Bragg, California in 2000 to enjoy our retirement. I am an avid reader of arcane books, have an eclectic collection of nearly 10,000 pieces of music and am a train nut - I love real ones and all types of model ones. I am the Mendocino Coast Model Railroad & Historical Society's historian and with enormous help from my friend Roger Thornburn (the blog's webmaster) have compiled a history of the railroads that operated along the Mendocino Coast - you can find it at Mendorailhistory.com. My torso reveals my other love - food and chocolate. I am blessed with four great kids with whom I have had great adventures. I have, alas, grown old but definitely have not grown up.

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100 clubs with a total of more than 6,000 members are now part of the GR News Community

December 12, 2020 by Tony Phillips

I don’t keep a diary so when what happened when in this pandemic is lost in a fog. I do (vaguely) remember being asked whether we should join the GR (it stands for Garden Railroad) News Community. On behalf of our club, the Mendocino Coast Model Railroad Club I said, “yes”.

Having said, “yes” I expected to be asked to contribute on behalf of our Club. Well, the first E-Copy has been published without one iota of effort on my behalf. You can read it here = https://dl.orangedox.com/GRNews.Nov-Dec.2020.

It’s very high class and has lots in it to read. I was particularly impressed by the clubs who have joined up.

I am sure that in the future we will be asked to help and on our behalf I shall do my best to do so.

The website of the GR News Community can be found here = www.GRNews.org