Hobo Laments

: ... 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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CWR’s (California Western Railroad) #45 Steam Locomotive being brought back to Operating Condition

February 1, 2018 by Tony Phillips

Our Club Members were recently given the opportunity to see the progress that has been made bringing #45 back to operating condition. Club member Steve Worthen took the pictures.