Sunday, 12 January 2025

Weathered!

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A couple of view at the South Simcoe Ry. on Oct. 6, 2024 of what prototype equipment looks like after years of neglect and weathering. Any c...
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Saturday, 11 January 2025

January 2025 - Update

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This view of GP9 CV 4927 is from my son Peter's collection. Several years ago Peter was able to collect several hundred slides on-line t...
Thursday, 9 January 2025

Throwback Thursday - A Home Away From Home

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CP 412536 was photographed at Woodstock, Ontario on September 11, 1994. By Peter Mumby. CP 412536 posed for its portrait on September 11, 19...
Wednesday, 8 January 2025

Wordless Wednesday No. 609

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Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Flying Yankee

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Car A is seen in for repairs following its derailment near Bellows Falls, Vt. Thanks Ken Borg for sending me the photo and the notes. The on...
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Monday, 6 January 2025

3M Roofing Granules Covered Hoppers

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The following was sent to me by Keith MacCauley...George Dutka   I thought you might be interested in the type of covered hopper car 3M used...
Sunday, 5 January 2025

Green Mountain Division

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A nicely weathered Rapido engine heads out from the WRJ yard on the GMD. A view Don Janes sent me awhile back of his transformation of his l...
Saturday, 4 January 2025

CP Storage Boxcar

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CP storage boxcar. I believe this is somewhere out in Western Canada. Les Walsh photo. I thought this view of CP boxcar was a nice way to mo...
Friday, 3 January 2025

Pola Relay Boxes

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I placed my new relay box down into one scene on the WRD. They look good anywhere I put them. An easy project that adds some interest to a s...
Thursday, 2 January 2025

Marmora Station - Prototype

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Turn of the century view of the station. Here are some views of the prototype station through the years...George Dutka  I used this photo fr...
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Monday, 30 December 2024

Happy New Years 2025

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  I added a bit of detailing to Peter Mumby's station module to bring it to life. I wish you all a Happy New Years with a bit of inspira...
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Sunday, 29 December 2024

Marmora Station

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The Marmora station is set into a scene. I built this model of the Marmora for Peter Mumby back in the late 1980's. Peter had measured t...
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Saturday, 28 December 2024

Interesting Storefronts - 1948

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This is a photo looking at how Richmond St. looked near the corner with Dundas St., the main corner in downtown London, Ontario in 1948. The...
Friday, 27 December 2024

Christmas Wishes!

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Randy Laframboise A few of the cards sent via e-mail this year. Thanks guys! Since the postal service here in Canada was on strike for a mon...
Thursday, 26 December 2024

Throwback Thursday - Traffic Variety

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GN 139604 was occupying the GE Railcar spur at the CP yard in Havelock, Ontario on July 28, 1995. By Peter Mumby. The rails of CP’s Havelock...
Tuesday, 24 December 2024

Merry Christmas 2024!

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Peter, Don and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Posts will return after boxing day...George Dutka  
Monday, 23 December 2024

Operating On The ATSF Slaton Sub

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 Davin Heinbuck's Texas Based ATSF Layout.....by Don Janes     Back in Sept. I was invited to an operating session on Davin Heinbuck...