Monday, 9 August 2021

A Table full of Projects

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Lot of projects completed. Bruce Douglas photo My friend Bruce Douglas used to model the StJ&LC in HO scale, now days he models trucks i...
Sunday, 8 August 2021

What's in the Box No. 51

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This is what one finds in the package for Lucy 7 tavern. A look at what one gets in the FOS kit-of-the-month "Lucky 7 Tavern". I w...
Saturday, 7 August 2021

Then and Now - B&M Hinsdale, NH

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  Wayne Johnson did this nice Before & After piece...Ken Borg passed it along to me and I thought this would be something you might be i...
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Friday, 6 August 2021

MIG Pigments

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Mig pigments are applied to roof vent of Toppers pancake house.  Two of Mig products I gave a try recently. I found these products very simi...
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Thursday, 5 August 2021

Throwback Thursday - The Many Colours of GEXR

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  On October 12, 2004, there were fall colours behind the Stratford Via station and a myriad of locomotive hues in front. By Peter Mumby . O...
Wednesday, 4 August 2021

Wordless Wednesday No. 436

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  2019   
Tuesday, 3 August 2021

Prototype Corner - Sweeping Changes at CP

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For now, this CP switch broom looks to be in pristine condition.  Let's check it again around next March.  This photo was taken on Jul...
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Monday, 2 August 2021

Bellows Crossing - 2012

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  A Rutland Ry. milk train is crossing the diamond at Bellows Crossing. This photo was taken back in 2012. I have since re-ballasted the roa...
Sunday, 1 August 2021

Rust Bucket No. 16

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  These four rusty old covered hoppers were all in a row in the CP yard London, Ontario on July 4 2021. Car above is MOCX 482253...George Du...
Saturday, 31 July 2021

In RMC and MR at the same time.

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My friend Jim Sloan from Sarnia, Ontario kind of did the impossible. He had a photo published in MR and RMC in the same month, August...and ...
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Friday, 30 July 2021

Jack Ellis - Weathering Mix

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The ingredients. If you follow BarMills Facebook monthly presentations you might have noted Jack Ellis commenting on his formula mix for Ind...
Thursday, 29 July 2021

Throwback Thursday - Display Car

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  On display at the Elgin County Railway Museum on August 27, 2004 was NS Exhibit Car number 27. By Peter Mumby. Not that many years ago the...
Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Wordless Wednesday No. 435

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  London 1959 UWO Collection
Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Working under a bridge

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CP at work under the Windsor Sub bridge May 12, 2021. I took this photo some months ago of the CP working on their Windsor Sub. bridge in Hy...
Monday, 26 July 2021

This and That - July 2021

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Dave's Decals offer these pop coolers that come with various decals and lighting if required. Kind of a neat addition to a scene. Once a...
Sunday, 25 July 2021

A Weathered Nose

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  This engine had a lot of fading happening on the nose. CN 2510 heads EB 410 over Komoka Road on May 6, 2021. I wonder how hard this weathe...
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Saturday, 24 July 2021

FOS Kit of the Month - Toppers

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FOS signs for this little diner are very nicely done. There even is curtains printed for the window interior. Note that huge exhaust fan on ...
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Friday, 23 July 2021

A New Tavern For Waterbury

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  Wiley's Good Time Tavern is the newest structure for Waterbury.        Building Mine Mount's Wiley's Good Time Tavern     ...
Thursday, 22 July 2021

Throwback Thursday

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It is Sept. 5, 1955 when these two geep's head west out of London, Ontario with a freight. Not sure if it would be headed to Sarnia or W...
Wednesday, 21 July 2021

Wordless Wednesday No. 434

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