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Soo 112247 was one of several Soo Line covered hoppers in the yard at St. Thomas on May 06, 1995. |
By Peter Mumby.
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The replacement roof hatch covers are visible on Soo 33675. |
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.
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Soo 112247 was one of several Soo Line covered hoppers in the yard at St. Thomas on May 06, 1995. |
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The replacement roof hatch covers are visible on Soo 33675. |
The fire hall in Orillia, Ontario is now a flower shop. It is a neat looking structure that might work as a model. |
Last week I was up along Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe looking at sailboats for sale when I came across this refurbished fire house. I did see some other structures that I will show you down the road. |
GIO yard on July 20 2024 |
There is an ex-CN boarding car on the property. I usually see this car in the customers yard which can not be seen on the left side of the photo. There is a lot of cars in the yard. |
Looking east into the Tillsonburg yard. |
The buggy still needs the numbers added which were included in the box. |
The model has some nice lightly done weathering. I may add my touch though to it going forward. |
I have had a chance in the past to pick up a NECR unit but always passed on it as I was not sure I would actually use it. But now that I have a bigger display case I have two options. One on the layout when the era changes, the other in my case...George Dutka
BarMills offers a two pack Twin Utility Sheds which works nicely as workman's shanties or even a small fuel track office. Both have found homes on the layout. |
The workman's shanty is across the path from the BarMills storage shed. |
The Bull's Salvage kit is used as extra storage at Westboro. |
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Soo 75071 was photographed at St. Thomas on May 06, 1995. |
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Soo 72439 displays a few patches of white paint. |
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Lance Mindheim has about a dozen books offered only through Amazon. I find his work interesting. I purchased two through Amazon. |
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I have only glanced through this book but if you like building structures you might want to consider this one. |
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Ian Stronach sent me the link to this book on the CV Richford Sub. It is due out this fall by James Jones, the son of Bob Jones who did the CV book series. You might want to watch for this one. |
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The CPR station as it looks today, July 4, 2024 |
The station has stayed pretty much unchanged which is nice to see. Things such as the telephone booth inside remains including the original phone. The laminate panel walls are in excellent shape. I visited the station having supper and of course a beer this summer. A few railway artifacts remain inside also including the ticket window and original bathrooms...George Dutka
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The station still has its original phone booth built into the waiting room. |
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The ticket counter is still intact. |
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The roadside doors. The rail side area has an outdoor patio added. |
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The laminated wood walls are still in very good shape. The phone booth is at the end of the hall. |
The CNR caboose on display at the Owen Sound, Ontario CN station museum is looking a bit worn but still in good shape. |
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Monster Modelworks has a new kit coming out in August that looks quite nice. |
John Burney's Carriage Shop, Built approx. 1845 by Henry Jackson. Used as Burney's Carriage Shop 1880-91.
Location 39° 48.724′ N, 85° 12.134′ W. Marker is in Dublin, Indiana, in Wayne County. Marker is at the intersection of Historic National Road (U.S. 40) and Foundry Street, on the right when traveling east on Historic National Road.
Keep it as a Carriage Shop or modernize it with more modern store fronts in your town.
Paul Hurly's YouTube channel has a weathering clinic I did for the WOD-NMRA a few years ago. You may wish to check it out.
The Owen Sound ex-CNR station which is now a museum is seen across the channel from the parking lot of the CPR station which now is a brewery and restaurant. |
The Wiarton Ont. CNR station was saved and moved a few blocks to the bay for use as the camp ground office. It has a bit of a museum in one end of it. |
The bayside view of the Wiarton station which is in really good shape. |
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CV 4003 was taken by C A Butcher of St. Thomas, Ontario. No date or location is given but it appears as the Conductor is looking to grab bills or orders shortly. Brian Smith collection. |
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CV 4005 is seen during October 1967 in Willimantic, Ct. The caption on the back says it was taken from a NRHS excursion train headed for Brattleboro, Vt. Brian Smith collection. |
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CN 79650 was resting on a shop track at Belleville on July 18, 1995. |
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CN 79813 was photographed at London East on February 26, 1995. |
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I don't have a spot on the layout for this FOS kit but I really like it. So it sits on my workbench most of the time. |
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Another angle. |
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I purchased the big once a year kit from FOS a few years back and built two of the smaller structures first to get a feel of the kits included in the box. There are a lot of part sheets to figure out. Since building this one a few years back I think I forgot how the sheeting was numbered. Oh well. |
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Kind of a neat little structure one can use almost anywhere. |
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I added a patch to the roofing and some junk up there. I made my own tarpaper roofing too. |
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Lots of neat signs which can work on a variety of buildings. Check out the Blair Line signages offered for many other structure. I really like their mills sign set. |
The displays at Palmerston, Ontario June 12 2024 |
An overall view of the station and section car houses. Some of the original trackage is still in place. |
An old CNR tool or maybe kitchen car on display. It has twin doors on this side. |
You can have a hand car ride at the station museum. |