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All I got was the date off the slide which was 1963. Neat to see though. |
Another scanned slide without much information from I think the George Melvin collection I purchased...George Dutka
Welcome, follow along with George Dutka in his journal which documents the additions and future thoughts for the HO scale White River Division model railroad and to his continuing historical New England railroad research. The White River Division is now in its 17th modeler's season. The "modeler's season" runs from November to April each year. Inspiration comes from the Boston and Maine, Rutland and Central Vermont Railway during the 1950's with additional posts by Don Janes and Peter Mumby.
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Don Peter and I visited Greg Rich's layout back on June 13, 2016. That is Mark Olstyn a CV modeler in the red shirt. Greg is to the far right. |
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Peter and I used to have a workshop on Monday afternoon each week. This is one we had in my basement Dec. 2014. We alternated home visits. |
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We got lucky and had a lot to see from the railfan bridge this day at East Deerfield. |
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Taking a look around Utica NY on March 29, 2016. |
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Peter and I playing around with lights and backgrounds shooting my On30" module back on March 30 2015. The photos we took that day I have just sent into RMC 10 years later. |
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Peter working away at a local LMRA clinic in the early 1980's |
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Peter and I visited Don Janes and his wonderful Green Mountain Division on Dec 5 2012 |
On our way back to Canada on the Sombra ferry after a visit to Greg Rich's layout 2016. |
Peter is into the weeds to get his shot of a VIA train near Komoka Aug 3, 2021. That's the tail end unit of VIA 71. |
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At Whitehall, NY 1963. George Melvin collection. |
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The D&H facilities in Mechanicsville, NY during 1962. |
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NJ RS-2 4050 at Rouses Point, NY during 1970. Fred Byerly photo, Bob Bowes collection now Peter/Keith MacCauley collection. |
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GT 2-8-2 no. 3432 at Danville Jct., no date. This is a Phil Hasting view from the Bob Bowes Collection. |
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Couple of weekends ago I was at St. Thomas, working the NMRA-WOD craftsman corner workshop booth. I began working on a BEST flagstop kit. |
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The kit is very basic and went together quickly making a nice model. The kit also had a bench and supports. |
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Last week this view of the NH south Boston yard had the wrong date applied on it when posted. I have corrected it. It should read 1969. |
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A visit to Neil's layout after the 2024 RPM. |
I thought I would post a few views of Neil Schofield's layout that we visited at last years RPM. It was interesting to see that instead of running trains around the layout Neil staged his trains in photo op locations which really made railfanning his layout very easy. A great idea that going forward I will do on my own layout...George Dutka
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Don Jane, Neil and Ian Stornach discuss everything model railroading at last years visit. Neil suggested that we stop by a bit early to beat the rush and have a nice visit. |
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2-48 in London Ont. Don McQueen collection, Bob Bowes copy. |
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11-22-93 Jacksonville, PA. Bob Bowes collection |
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Allentown PA. 12-7-75 Bob Bowes Collection. |
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D&H 2156 hopper at Rutland, Vermont 5-1-65. C&P 500 is the power for this run. Houser - Bob Bowes collection. |
In service the sides of the limestone service covered hopper is only lightly weathered. It is on the move over the WRD. |
The car sides was lightly weathered but the roof got a bit more weathering. |
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I came across this boxcar in a string of work equipment at East Alburg, Vt. in the spur at the north end of the trestle on June 10 1994 |
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A year later on June 10, 1995 CV 54515 I came across this one at Millers Falls, Ma. |
A Rutland Ry. van hop is seen arriving in Bellows Falls. I only modeled the platform that was across the street for the station. I did add the B&M order board and the ball signal in town. |
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No information is found on the slide of B&M 205 at White River Jct. George Dutka collection. |
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Steve Myers collection posted on the B&M Facebook site. |
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A look at the two modules that were 2' by 4' in size. |
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The modules may end up at a local flea market where a model railroad dealer is setup each week as display space. |