Where the Iron Horse meets the Carriage Horse

Welcome to our website

We are Peter and Mary Jane Atonna and live in the small, northern Arizona, rural community of Paulden.

We've created this site in order to share with you a little about ourselves as well as our interests.  Both of us have been blessed with lifelong passions, horses with Mary Jane and trains with Peter.

Now both being retired we have the time and energy to indulge these passions.  Therefore you will see much of this site will be about our train and horse related activities.

In Mary Jane's case, her involvement with horses is focused on carriage driving, particularly competitive carriage driving.  Peter, on the other hand, likes almost anything that runs on steel rails, and much of his time is spent on his model railroad.

We welcome comments and communications about our activities, so be sure to use the email link to reach us.

Here is some current news:

+ Big changes in the train room.  Although the prewar train collection is still here, the layout is no more.  It is being replaced by an extension of the high rail layout onto the table once holding the prewar layout.  Click here to see a couple of progress photos.  Also, check out the layout plan to see the current plan for the high rail layout.

+ One of our photos of the trainroom's new Best Friend of Charleston diorama is the cover of the Train Collectors Association Quarterly magazine.  Click here to see it.

+ We hosted 125 people during the TCA national convention in Phoenix last June, as part of the Prescott area tour.  Two busloads of toy train fans and their spouses visited the layout and were served lunch in our barn.  A dozen members of our Central Arizona Model Railroad club volunteered here and at the two other layout stops on the tour while our Paulden Area Community Organization put on a spectacular lunch for the group.  Here are some photos of the event.

+ Looking for harness for a driving pair?  Mary Jane has a set for sale - go to the Horses page.

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Peter & Mary Jane Atonna
Paulden, Arizona