The Hills Line - Modeling the IAIS Hills Industrial Spur in HO Scale

[Paul S.]

Be right back... I'm off to buy five copies for my mother.

Congrats, James! Well earned.

"Rolling Stone. ..."

[Guest]

Yes, a sincere congrats James. A well deserved honor. I will most definitely pick up a copy for myself.

My sights are set just a little lower, at just getting a photo published in any one of the printed model railroad magazines.

[davefoxx]

A well-deserved honor of being published in Great Model Railroads. Congratulations!

DFF

[Allen]

Congratulations James!

[James M]

Thank you everyone. I appreciate the kind words

[Allen]

That’s our way of saying we like seeing more picture James!

[James M]

Take a walkthrough of The Hills Line in 2025...

[Russ C]

One question I will ask -not to you James or your excellent railroad- but to everyone else who's watched this video; without going back to look, how many noticed what colour the facia is??

[Paul S.]

Thanks, James! I enjoyed that video tour. The callouts are a great touch!

And congratulations on making the cover of Great Model Railroads 2025!

[BillyJoeBob]

Nice Steady CAM. How about some train chasin'!

BJB

[Paul S.]

Nice Steady CAM. How about some train chasin'!

BJB

James occasionally does live YouTube sessions showing operations on The Hills Line.

[James M]

Nice Steady CAM. How about some train chasin'!

BJB

There are plenty of "train chasin'" videos on my channel. Check out https://www.youtube.com/@TheHillsLine

[Cody]

Nicely done, thanks for sharing those.

[Uncle Pete's Basement]

Well executed. Simple, but simply excellent.

[BillyJoeBob]

Just visited your youtube and web site - nice work! Wish I could share the way you do.

BJB

[James M]

Apologies if you've seen this already, but I want to spread the word.



My friends and fellow Iowa Interstate modelers Joe Atkinson, Scott Thornton, Colin O'Brien, Kyle Brown and Jason Klocke, along with yours truly, will proudly represent the IAIS Mafia tomorrow evening on the Second Section Podcast. The live broadcast begins at 7 pm Central time on their YouTube channel... although I'll be joining later after I finish up some business.

I hope you'll join us for what should be an enjoyable evening.

[Allen]

Thanks for the notice James, planning on watching.

[Paul S.]

Will a recording be available, James?

[TomTheRockIslandGuy]

SSP's best show. It was long, but didn't feel like it.

[James M]

Replay is available at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Coz6jgixMA

[James M]

Ephemera

[Paul S.]

You call it ephemera, James. I call it the work of someone who's made an impact on our hobby.

[Allen]

Ditto!
That's a neat way to tell the story of your layouts.

[James M]

Thank you both