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It's another trip to the "Cow Palace" keeping up to date with all the comings and goings at JL Innovative and who better to do it with than the man himself, Chris Costello. There's a great discussion about the new world of freight car manufacturing plus owning private rail cars and tearing up rail in beautiful downtown Salamanca, New York, all in one easy to open podcast. Enjoy!!

Located just 10 miles west of Horseshoe Curve the "Station Inn" is a unique bed-and-breakfast alongside the old Pennsylvania Railroad mainline. Built in 1866 only a dozen years after the completion of the "Curve," it became a sanctuary for weary travelers headed east or west and a summer retreat for many folks that lived in the Pittsburgh area.

Run by Alex Lang and his wife Leah, it's become their passion of carrying on the tradition of Tom Davis who originally turned the inn into a rail fanning hot-spot in 1993. Tom was a dear family friend of the Langs and when he passed away, it seemed only natural for them to take over and continue on the tradition that had been started so many years earlier. Alex has been on the podcast before, and this episode is just as entertaining and informative as ever. Enjoy!!

N-Scale is alive and well living in North Carolina, not far from the Hickory Motor Speedway. Scott Teague's previous layout graced the pages of some of the finest model railroad publications out there, but that wasn't good enough for Scott and not long after that layout was dismantled and a new one started.

Some people just have the knack for getting things done and Scott is certainly one of those folks. The new railroad is well underway and after just two short years of construction, trains are running, and scenery is all but finished with nothing left to do now but add a few details to what is already a beautiful design. This is a great discussion with some of the best N-Scalers in the country and you won't be disappointed.

There's plenty of action down at the old "Cow Palace" serving as the world headquarters of Costello Manufacturing and Chris Costello has stopped by to fill us in on all the excitement at the world center of model railroading just north of Bradford, Pennsylvania, and just east of Salamanca, New York.

We spend some time talking about the machine that nobody talks about. Learned how 3-D printing is becoming an important division of the vast Costello empire. Plus we discuss the newest release from JL innovative "the Dunmore Caboose" a steel caboose made for the Erie Railroad. So grab yourself a big bowl of steaming hot cow patties, a tall cool glass of 3-D resin and enjoy!!

This episode started out to check with Wallace Locomotive Works, but before we got a chance to do that, we lost a good friend and longtime supporter of the AML Nation. The one and only Ralph Renzetti a.k.a. the MudFather.

Ralph was a regular on the Wednesday night chats, ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who might have questions about their modeling, especially when it came to paint and weathering. One of the most talented modelers to ever grace the airwaves of the AML. Ralph was truly an artist, and we were fortunate to know him.

However, after a good cry for the first twenty minutes or so, we finally managed to get around to chatting with Chris and find out more about his ever-growing company. It's a great podcast and one we're sure you'll enjoy!!

It's a return to the "Lone Star" state and a visit with locomotive engineer Emory Lehman. We haven't talked to Emory for a few years since and decided it was about time to check up on what Emory's been doing. Things have changed quite a bit with his new job at the BNSF in Temple, Texas, a model railroader living across the street and his friend Mike making major changes to his layout.

We also discuss the possible merger of the Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific railroads, and what are the possible effects it will have on railroading across America. Once again, it's a podcast with little or no direction, that's lots of fun with great discussion about everything under the sun. Enjoy!!

It's part two of the Rob Bennett thirty-two-part trilogy as we try to figure out what makes this modeler tick. Is it the vast array of instructional videos he's created or his fabulous weathering or maybe it's just simply a love for the hobby that he's anxious to share with others.

Rob tries to learn something everybody while not taking the hobby to seriously whilst learning the operations side of things. He enjoys the hobby anyway he can, and you never know what kind of equipment you'll see running across his layout. He approaches the hobby with a relaxed approach while enjoying the challenge of weathering and scenery. It's a great follow up podcast and one we're sure you'll enjoy!!

After years of travelling about the country working on transformers, not the plastic kind like you'd see in the movies such as "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" but actual transformers that do all sorts of cool electrical things. Our next guest finally settled in Erie, Pennsylvania because like his friend and fellow modeler Mike Hauk his love of shoveling snow seven months of the year bonds these men together.

You can thank Rob Bennett's son for his current layout which occupies approximately a 12' x 50' space after satisfying his love of European railroads they started over and now have a beautiful layout that mostly reflects the area of Western Pennsylvania. Rob is one of those guys that works at a feverish pace and after what would take most of us decades to complete he's enjoying making instructional videos. This is a great discussion with a modeler that some would say, "just gets it done." Enjoy!!

There's nothing more fun than a visit down the road to Tillsonburg, Ontario with the sole purpose of a visit to the Otter Valley Railroad shop and visit with our friend Lorne James. You can always be sure that there will be lots of editing, lots of dizzying questions and answers with fun being had by all.

Lorne stopped by the ModelersLife studios to bring us up to date on all the new cars that he's having manufactured regardless of today's turmoil in the retail sector of model railroad industry. As always, it's lots of fun talking to Lorne and finding out what's happening in Tillsonburg, Ontario. My back still hurts when I hear that word. Enjoy!!

If you live in the Chicago area and a fan of railroading, you will no doubt be well aware of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad that's been jointly owned by several railroads over the years. With over 320 miles of track in and around Chicago it's kind of hard to avoid seeing this famous railroad that began in 1896.

We here at the ole' AML world headquarters wanted to find out more and it seemed like a natural progression to simply talk to Dave's dad Herman, who worked as a conductor on "the Belt" for over 30 years. Plus he spent time on the "City of New Orleans" and the "Broadway Limited" during a short stint with Amtrak. It's a great podcast and one we're sure you'll enjoy.