ONT 462 was parked at Temagami, Ontario on August 29, 1990. |
White River Division
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.
Thursday 17 October 2024
Throwback Thursday - Crew Transporter
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Tuesday 15 October 2024
Fixer-upper Boxcar
I painted the wheels Cinnamon brown with black Bragdon powders applied. The running boards are painted Folkart barnwood which looks really good as weather beaten wood. I used my usual PanPastel raw umber shade and red iron oxide extra dark on the roofing. The sides are left lightly weathered with some PanPastel colorless blender to fade the sides down a bit and raw umber shade on the doors and lower areas. PanPastel Paynes grey extra dark (almost black) highlight areas of the doors, roof edges and side ladders...George Dutka
PanPastels used on this project. The PanPastels really tone down the roof tones. |
The Ertl boxcar is ready to hit the rails on the WRD. The |
The finished model with lightly weathered sides and a well worn roof. |
Monday 14 October 2024
October 2024 - Road Trip
When in Michigan I always like stopping at Hobby Lobby to check out the craft paints and brushes. I realized Anita's paints are not here anymore but I found some interesting colors to try. |
At Credit Valley they had these Rapido boxcars drastically reduced in price...so picked up two. |
Did not know that Tichy had work car decals...I think these might work out well on some of my work train fleet...found at Credit Valley. |
My day started with an early morning visit last Sunday morning with Paul Hurly. Over a cup of coffee Paul showed me his layout which is double decked and will reflect operations on the TH&B. |
I have not been to George's train in the Toronto area in a decade. |
George's Trains is a stone throw from Rapido trains office and warehouse. |
Sunday 13 October 2024
Athearn - North Stratford Ry Boxcars
I purchased a three pack of North Stratford Ry boxcars during the moving sale at Credit Valley Hobbies. There is not a lot of details on the car which is in their lower cost line of cars, but a nice model to weather and add a few details to. They are found in Athearn's "ready to roll" category. The cars have steel wheels that I colored acrylic cinnamon brown with Bragdon dark rust dusted on. The trucks, couplers and underbody are painted AK winter streaking grime.
The roof is weathered up using AK dark rust deposits and Vallejo rust texture. I then gave the roof a light coat of neutral gray. Micron 03 black is added to the sides as streaking rust spots. The doors sides and ends are given a coat of raw umber shade then chrom ox green shade.
The model was finished I thought till I took a good look at it. I realized by added a couple of details it could look a lot better. I decided to add rubber flexible air hoses from Hi-Tech Details #6038. I then added Tangent TSM-204 cut levers which come in a 5 pack which makes this detail a bit more better if you are cost conscience. I am happy with the added details and I feel the car looks a lot better...George Dutka
The weathering is about to begin. |
The two products applied before the powders are added. |
The roof is done. |
The roof which is modeled after running boards were removed during rebuilding can be rusted up a bit to add some extra character to the model. |
A New England consist for the era is seen rolling along the WRD. I have this type of train staged and hidden in one back track to run on occasion. |
Some lighter PanPastel green is applied to the side panels to fade them down. A placard scrap is still on the board. |
Saturday 12 October 2024
Rochester and Genesee Valley RR Museum - part 2
Restored Equipment on the Upper Level....by Don Janes
We continue our tour at the upper shop area where there were a lot very well restored pieces of equipment on display. These included several cabooses, locomotives and other rolling stock. If you ever get a chance to visit this great museum it is well worth the trip. The staff is very friendly and welcoming.Another interesting locomotive was this Fairbanks Morse switcher. I have never seen a FM engine before. This engine is operational and is occasionally fired up |
The musrum owns several really nicely restored (both inside and out) cabooses, one being this Penn Central transfer caboose |
This is a very nice looking Lehigh Valley caboose. Fully restored inside and out. |
This BR&P wooden caboose is in great shape. |
This display of various signal and interlocking devices was housed in an old RPO car that sat beside the shop. I found the interlocking machine with all the handles very interesting |
This old ALCO S-2 is in good shape and I believe it is operational. |
I found this old Erie milk car interesting as some of these cars ended up on the B&M in milk car service |
Friday 11 October 2024
Rochester and Genesee Valley RR Museum - Part 1
A Visit To An Operating Railway Museum....by Don Janes
The museum office and some display pieces are located beside the highway at Rush, NY, the station was actually called Industry |
This tank car was owned by Eastman Kodak who once had a large facility in Rochester. |
An old caboose and Lehigh Valley boxcar are also on display by the station |
This GE locomotive was pulling the train up the hill on this day and made several trips to the upper area for guest to see the displays up there |
Museum members were riding on the rear platform of the caboose on this trip. That is RMC editor waving to us |
This old RR structure, likely an old phone box, was being used as a switch tenders shelter. The switch tender lined the turnout on the switchback into the upper museum area. |
This photo shows the train stopped at the upper museum |
Here it is heading back down for another load of passengers. |
This old B&O wagon top caboose is being restored in the shop. |
Restoration of this old New York Central caboose is just about done and it really looks good |
George always dreamed of being an engineer and his dream finally came true Stay tuned for part two of our museum tour. |