Bob and Jane Gaw reside in Carson City, Nevada and host the Mon Blanc.

The Mont Blanc Railroad was  started 14 years ago and has gone through many metamorphoses.  Some 400 feet of mixed LGB and Aristo Craft brass including 6 LGB electric switches and 6 Aristo Craft manual switches used for a covered rail yard make up the track work. Hard lessons from the original ground-level layout caused a rethinking as to the advantages  of a waist high arrangement, thus a pit was dug and many yards of soil created a unique three-quarter circle. There are three separate layouts, one is a whimsical figure-eight over and under with cowboys chasing Indians, another is a left over original layout  with a large oval and several switches which accommodates an interurban doozie which runs by itself with little assistance from engineers.  The main layout has a western town, Birdland (series of birdhouses), a mining district (with unusual and authentic model buildings) with a bridge over Skunk Pond (named after an accidental drowned skunk) as well as an over and under arrangement.  An automated LGB streetcar connects Birdland and the town.  All the track is powered; however, Locolink remote control with battery power is used on certain sections.  The lumber mill and several other buildings have sound.  The rolling stock includes mining, lumber, passenger and freight cars with an assortment of locomotive power. Depending upon the season of the year the overall condition can be judged good to fair.  Winters at 5200 feet with accompanying snow and 108 degree summer heat make a difference and a good excuse for a non-perfect railroad.

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