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 March 2022
Saturday 26 March 2022
Spring Update 2022
BEST has a new weathering solution which now can be housed in a crate they also are offering. |
Check out this coaling tower which still stands in New Buffalo, Michigan. There is a railway museum near by. Kind of looks like the WRJ tower. |
A barn near Enousburg, Vt. and the once CV Richford Sub. 1990's. |
A vintage Vermont police car that one might want to consider modeling. |
Thursday 24 March 2022
Throwback Thursday - Not Your Perfect ABA
The three locomotives look a little out of balance on October 03, 1988 as Via number 72 heads east out of the London station. |
Wednesday 23 March 2022
Monday 21 March 2022
Snapshot - March 2022
I found CP 7019 at the west end of CP London yard ready to go on January 16, 2022. |
Ken Borg also caught CP T-28 later in the day EB at Delray. That is BNSF 9572 leading. |
Sunday 20 March 2022
Brookside Fleet
Here is one of my views of the Brookside milk car fleet that services the White River Division from the 1950's and earlier. A good variation of schemes...George Dutka
Saturday 19 March 2022
More St.J & LC - 1942
It is time to go as the St. J conductor pulls the train signal line. |
A few more views from the St.J during the war years...George Dutka
From the group of photos this one appears to be an early version of a selfie of possibly the photographer. None of the photos note who took the views although the year is marked. |
The mixed train crew appears to be posed for a photo. |
It appears some puppies are being shipped in the combine. |
Friday 18 March 2022
Rapido SW1200 Switcher - CN Style
One of the newer engines in my fleet is this CN Rapido SW1200 switcher. I can not take credit for the weathering. |
Thursday 17 March 2022
Throwback Thursday - Incident on the Longwood Sub.
By Peter Mumby.
Within
a couple of years of this event, CN made some changes to the
subdivisions west of London. The section of the Chatham Sub between
Glencoe and St. Thomas was downgraded and renamed as the Paynes Sub, and
the Longwood Sub was relabelled as the extension of the Chatham
Subdivision. In 2000 CTC was installed on the Chatham Sub from Komoka
to Bloomfield. Most of the Paynes Sub has subsequently been abandoned.
VIA 6902, class MPA-27, was an LRC-2 locomotive built in 1980. I have a later photo of this engine dated June 29, 1990, so the damage was obviously repaired and the unit was returned to service. |
Wednesday 16 March 2022
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Milestone Co-Op
A nice looking oil truck in 1942, note the pumps out front of the service station. The gentleman posing with the truck seem to be well dressed. I would think this was a company promotion photo.
Monday 14 March 2022
ITLA Kit in the Snow
Sunday 13 March 2022
CV Milk Platform
I cropped this photo from the Jim McFarlane collection that Marty McGuirk posted recently which includes a CV milk platform loaded with milk cans. |
Saturday 12 March 2022
StJ & LC - 1942
Although the photo views life on the platform one can see what type of equipment was seen along the line in 1942. |
The end of the PRR car is seen in this photo. |
A family travels aboard the St.J. |
Not sure the station location but we see what life on the platform was like. A detail one can emulate in miniature. |
Friday 11 March 2022
StJ & LC - 70 Tonner's
These two Bachmann 70 tonners came painted but unlettered. I just added the proper details before touch up painting followed by a CDS dry transfer set being applied. |
My 70 tonners have factory DCC without sound. This causeway duck-under is one of the scenes that has disappeared from my WRD layout. I always liked taking photos at this location. |
Thursday 10 March 2022
Throwback Thursday - Working the 3M Plant
By Peter Mumby.
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Monday 7 March 2022
More Weathering!
This weathering job began with my driftwood look first followed by dry brushing of acrylic white. |
Sunday 6 March 2022
Lots of Weathering Here!
Saturday 5 March 2022
Roomettes - Plywood Sheeting Offering
Plywood sheeting offered as an extra by Roomettes. |
My little yard shed made from ITLA line side kit leftovers is seen next to a sheet of Roomettes for boarding up windows for a Woodland Scenic kit. I like using these sheeting for other uses such as this shed. The original sheeting has a gloss to it and I wanted the wall to look flat so a color photocopy is made that is a flat finish and very thin compared to the original card stock. It is a tradeoff one makes when working on structures...George Dutka
Here we see two buildings from Roomettes that has had the plywood inserts added. |
Thursday 3 March 2022
Throwback Thursday - Switching at Badger
By Peter Mumby.