April 2025 - Update

 

CV engine in use on the GTW in 1990. Collection of Keith and Peter MacCauley.

Just a bit of this and that I thought I would share with you plus some modeling I just finished. I have been out railfanning recently and a few views from what I saw can also be found here...George Dutka  

I purchased these brushes awhile back at the hobby shop in Paris, Ont. They have turned out to be really nice to work with and I use them all the time nos. I feel they were well worth the money.

Bruce Douglas sent me this view of his StJ&LC caboose that he has had for many years. Still needs painting though.

A CPKC WB passes under the Denfield Rd. bridge. This is a local railfan locations were both the CPKC and CN pass under side by side. It has been pretty overgrown the last decade but last year the railways cleaned away a lot of the brush which now allows one to get a photo of the bridge. Most photos in the past were taken from on the bridge. There are only a few homes on the other side of the bridge that this road serves but required.

CPKC WB passes the Denfield Rd wooden bridge on April 21, 2025. The bridges weight limit is 4 tons.

I purchased this car from Roger Chrysler recently at a train show. He is downsizing his collection of craftsman kits that he built over the decades. The car is a Steam Shack-F&C kit that Roger did a really nice job on. I just wanted to add my own personal touch to the model.

I touched up the paint on the model, added some weathering and new trucks. More will be posted about this car in another post.

B&M Scotia Station near Rotterdam Jct. Steve Myers collection.

London has not been getting the cream of the crop power lately. This one is mostly hand painted. What I wanted to show you is the pile of spikes and ties in town piled up along Pine St. I recently noted some new ribbon rail along the main line through town. Looks like a work project will be happening soon. April 5, 2025 George Dutka photo

Another patch job on the CN here in London, Ontario, April 13, 2025