OSR 501 was resting at CP Quebec St yard in London before being delivered to its new owner. |
This portrait of OSR 501 was exposed on April 29, 1995. |
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.
OSR 501 was resting at CP Quebec St yard in London before being delivered to its new owner. |
This portrait of OSR 501 was exposed on April 29, 1995. |
Under construction. The WRD got a facelift and change to point to point operations. Some locations can be seen were drop in dioramas will fit. |
The chimney was pushed into the structure so most of the brick is hidden. |
The chimney height when first built. |
CN 283032 was photographed at Belleville, Ontario on July 25, 1993. |
This photo illustrates the “A” end of the insulated boxcar. |
Yes, there was a decal set produced for this car! |
The walls are first coated with MIG rail center white followed with dry brushing of dollar store acylic white which highlighted the edges of the clapboard siding. |
The highlighted white paint plus the AK wash for wood applied to the lower areas. Note the worn boards down low. |
Some of you may already know but my wife passed on Saturday after a two year battle with cancer. I need some time at the moment...so I will not be posting anything till maybe the weekend or early next week. We were married for 48 years. Life will get back to a new normal I hope at some point....George
The era has been moved ahead and the train crew has stopped at Red's pulling the caboose clear of the crossing. |
On the WRD it is standard practice for train crews to stop at Red's for a bite to eat. During my time on the CN we had our regular stops too. |
Don’s article in RMC is excellent and it prompted me to look back for some old pictures of the RS-2. Here’s a shot of #8404 from the late sixties heading north through Newport VT,...Geoff Southwood |
My new addition awhile back having a test run on the WRD. This chop nose Rapido model is a nice replica of the CP prototype. It will be used when the era is moved forward. |
An overall view of my Hoods creamery diorama that I built almost a year ago. |
CN 9491 is relaxing near the Sarnia Diesel Shop on September 04, 1993. |
Lots of rust on this piece of rolling stock with a bit of a repaint, Sept 6 2019 |
This covered hopper has a good amount of rust happening on the upper half of the car which also has some gray patching lower down. Sept 8 2019. |
A short CV milk train is seen on my 12' diorama that I was testing my modeling skills on back in the early 1990's. The structures were a mix of what I had built back then. Some I still have and use. |
My NH boxcar fleet has been growing over the past few years. These cars could be found all around the continent at one time. |
GWWD 102 was sitting in front of the CASO station at CN St Thomas south on September 20, 1994. |
GWWD 103 sits with its mates at CP Quebec St yard in London on February 05, 1994. |
GWWD 103 had been moved to the CP shop track in London by the time this image was exposed on February 19, 1994. |