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.
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Monday 28 November 2016
Snapshot - November 2016
CN cabooses are seen stored at Mac Yard Jan. 31, 1991. |
Sunday 27 November 2016
Bar Mills - A New Shack for Bellows Falls
All finished and ready to be installed in my mill scene. Some glaze is added around patch areas on the roof. The blocks and skid is from Bar Mills but the rest of the junk is from my detail pile. |
The shack is set next to the tracks and near the mill area. |
The basic construction went quickly using canopy cement, a glue that sets up almost instantly. All the wall details are on the sheet to the left. |
I think the siding paper is pretty realistic. |
An overall view of my Bar Mills shack set near the loading docks at the Bellows Falls mill area. The fencing is also a Bar Mills product. |
Saturday 26 November 2016
Burlington Jct. - Steve Tuff
Lots of contemporary power is found on Steve Tuff's layout. |
I really liked how the weathering is done on the covered hopper. |
An overall view of an area were the scenery is well underway....very realistic. |
Nice weathering |
On Steve's layout he has a crossing blocked with barriers. These are a neat kit which Don scooped up the last package of on the shelf offered by Osborn Models. |
Friday 25 November 2016
A Brick Work Shop
My new brick work shop set on a piece of Gatorfoam. |
The one on the left show how the shop once looked, with that one actually being the better of the two. |
Most of the coal and fuel signs on this model came from my Fisher Fuels kit (RailroadKITS). |
Newspapers, barrels, crates and boards line the outside of the building. BEST propane tank is used and Juneco fire hydrant is set next to the shop. |
Thursday 24 November 2016
Throwback Thursday - Head End Cars
CNR No. 17 westbound through Paris, Ont. 1955. Note the two express cars on the head end. |
Wednesday 23 November 2016
Tuesday 22 November 2016
Steel Cars in Hamilton
Stelco Steel on its way out of Hamilton, Ont. on the HOMES layout. |
A lot of TH&B flats found loads of steel aboard. |
A close-up look at how the steel is marked prior to loading. |
Steel slabs also moved in CN gondolas...note the bracing. |
Imperail Oil Tankcar
An IOX tankcar on the WRD. This is a Proto offering from sometime ago. |
From my collection...unfortunately there was no data on the back. |
Monday 21 November 2016
Adding a Stone Arch Bridge To The Green Mountain...by Don Janes
A Rutland freight headed by RS-3 201 crosses the Stone Arch bridge south of North Bennington. |
A New England Style Stone Bridge
Back in 2009 while on my way to the Springfield Train Show I visited friend and fellow B&M modeller Jim Dufour's B&M Cheshire Branch layout. (See earlier post by George on this layout) Jim has faithfully modeled five towns on the B&M Cheshire Branch as well as some signature scenes on the route. One scene that really stuck with me was his Stone Arch Bridge just past the State Line Station. Jim created his own patterns and cast the bridge in hydrocal. It is a simple but very impressive scene.
While I was there Mike Evans, a very accomplished D&H modeler was there making rubber molds of the bridge for his layout. Several years later when I was planning a river on my Green Mountain Div. layout I thought of Jim's stone bridge and how it would be the perfect bridge for this scene. But how to make it? Then I remembered Mike and his rubber molds of the bridge and decided to
contact him to see if by chance he had made any extra copies. Mike
graciously sent me two cast hydrocal castings of the bridge so all I
needed to do now was add them to my river scene.
This shot of Jim Dufour's bridge was my inspiration to build one for my layout. This shot was taken back in Jan.2009. |
After planning how I would incorporate the bridge into my layout I have finally finished the scene. I am quite pleased how it came out. I really appreciate Jim allowing me to use a copy of his castings and Mike for making an extra set for me.
Here is another view of the 201 crossing the bridge. |
On a different day Rutland 2-8-2 #37 is leaving N.Bennington with a milk train. The North Bennington Creamery in the background was featured in a previous post. |
Just as #37 was crossing the bridge a northbound freight behind #201 appeared from behind the trees. |
Sunday 20 November 2016
SuperTrees Adjustments
Don Janes is working away on his SuperTree with a soldering iron. |
Saturday 19 November 2016
A CN Proto 2000 Gondola
My newest gondola is seen in service on the WRD...and it already looks well used. |
This is how the interior looked with a coat of Hunterline stain. |
This is how the floor looks with a coat of Floquil grime and a wash of India ink. I think it is looking a lot better. I actually scribe the floor before adding this finish. |
Friday 18 November 2016
CP Alco's in Vermont
CP 8400 in the classic maroon and gray. Gord Taylor photo |
Newport, Vt. |
Newport, Vermont, Gord Taylor photo. |
Thursday 17 November 2016
Branchline New Haven Boxcars
Three new boxcars added to the WRD fleet. Nice to find items that are ready to roll. |
All three are nicely weathered. Now to duplicate this on the one I built a few years back. |
Section House added to WRD
Another section house is in service on the WRD. |
All the details are glued with canopy cement to the structure. |
I added enough detail to hide the ground joints. |
The Gatorfoam base is in place with some plaster cloth to tie things in. The base colour paint is being applied. |
The finished scene in place. If I want to change section houses all I need to do is lift if off with details included. |
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