Friday, 14 August 2026

Neil Schofield - Modeling the Richford area

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Neil's CV Richford Sub trestle is tucked into a small scene. Don and I stopped in to see Neil after the Springfield RPM to see how his l...
Thursday, 13 August 2026

Throwback Thursday - Diet Pepsi Taste Drive Train

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by  Keith MacCauley  Back in 1990, Pepsi partnered with VIA Rail to promote diet Pepsi using VIA locomotive 6400 as the centrepiece. The GMD...
Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Wordless Wednesday No. 686

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Monday, 10 August 2026

CVR RS-3

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CV 1859 with two milk cars. Posted by Jeff Lodge, CVRHS Ambassador editor. This photo came across one of the Facebook groups I follow. It is...
Sunday, 9 August 2026

WRD Diamond Comes Out.

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The diamond is out and a piece of flextrack is in place. The back track will need some support underneath and also the foreground trackage n...
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Saturday, 8 August 2026

Peter Mumby - Toronto

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  Peter was at Spadina shops Toronto back in May 1983 and got this shot of VIA power sidelined and some of the RDC fleet...George Dutka  
Friday, 7 August 2026

August 2026 - Update

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Train maybe a transfer run on May 28, 2026 in Palmer, Ma. Don and I went into the Steaming Tender for an early supper. While we were in ther...
Thursday, 6 August 2026

Throwback Thursday - Grand Trunk Western GP40-2 GTW 6425 Before and After

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By Keith MacCauley  Grand Trunk Western GP40-2 No. 6425 was built by EMD in November of 1979 as Detroit, Toledo and Ironton DTI 425. Acquire...
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Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Wordless Wednesday No. 685

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  Peter Mumby photo
Tuesday, 4 August 2026

CN - Whitby Station

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Jocelyn Gordon's grandfathers negatives of the station in Whitby, Ontario. I came across these two photo from maybe the late 1940's ...
Monday, 3 August 2026

A Staged Scene

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I left a lot of space on my back alley module for the placement of trucks and interesting drop-in's. I did not really think of other bui...
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Sunday, 2 August 2026

Peter Mumby Photo

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  A weather beaten Geep is at the shop in London, Ontario on Jan 8, 1990. I was going through Peter views and thought this was a great bit o...
Saturday, 1 August 2026

CN Whitby Station

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These black and white photo's showing the Whitby station on a flatbed trailer being moved across the train tracks from the station's...
Tuesday, 28 July 2026

A NEB&W Boxcar

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The NEB&W was a fixture in the hobby for decades. In the modeling world the NEB&W definitely "ran" to the Canadian border ...
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Monday, 27 July 2026

A visit to Paris Ontario

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CN WB at Paris, Ontario on July 19, 2026 Last Sunday I was in Paris to meet up with friends Keith and Peter MacCauley on the rooftop of Stil...
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Sunday, 26 July 2026

A Visit with Don Janes

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Don in his new modern era switching layout space which is coming along well. This is also his work shop room. I drove down to visit with Don...
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Saturday, 25 July 2026

Coal Tower - Aylmer, Ontario

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The lot is still available. You can have your custom home built in Aylmer, Ont. with a coaling tower out back. Seen on July 17, 2026. I stop...
Friday, 24 July 2026

Trucks on the Cheap!

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A $4.00 model can be turned into something interesting.   By Bill Badger   Miniature Tanks make cheap vehicles for the military gaming crowd...