Tom starts the show talking with Vera about the part one winners of the Shelf Layout Design Contest and a few entries who didn't quite make the winner circle. Toni Ryan talks about his winning track plans. Mike Slater did not spend his gas or his lunch money thankfully at the Two Rail O Scale meet in Chicago. Tom catches up with Toni early in the show. Lionel Strang is the Barbara Walters of model railroading. Jimmy Simmons calls in to give an update and he brings a friend: some unknown guy called Scotty Mason. Tom jumps Scott into the Model Rail Radio fraternity with some hard questions. The crew discuss a favorite topic with Scott. Tom introduces the Silencer to the Professor. The Professor gives his general observations of the winners of the Shelf Layout Design Contest. Terry explains his speed matching introductory problem for potential operators. Ted Roy has discovered Backwoods Miniatures. (Note: this is a dangerous gateway to On30 - do not look up this site online.) Dave Ramos inhabits a different universe. Andy Zimmerman likes some of the Shelf Layout Design Contest winners and provides an update. The Prof and Rod rap about the Australian Narrow Gauge Convention. Rod has made some progress. Dave Ramos has been creating view blocks. Ed Novit asks for Model Rail Radio listeners in Chicago to get in contact and come by and operate. Please contact Ed through the mailing list or the FB group if you would like to operate with Ed. This is a live internet radio show recorded at 4.30pm Pacific on Saturday every-other-week. For more information, http://www.modelrailradio.com/