Another Camera Shot

I figured I would take a couple more pictures with our new digital camera.
This time I decided to go with no flash and the camera in automatic mode.

I Got A Brand New Combine Harvester

I just could not help myself with the title of this post.
Anyone remember that song?
Anyway Brian, Scott and I ventured over to Moncton a few weeks back and what is a visit to Moncton without stopping at Don's Ho. This is where I picked up the nice Athearn John Deere Combine.

I GOT A NEW CAMERA

Well after some discussion my wife Shelley and I decided to treat ourselves to a new Camera for Christmas. I am still learning all the ins and outs of it but I am sure through time we'll figure it out.
In the mean time here are a couple of pictures that I recently snapped with the camera.

Some Of my Favorite Cars

This car is what's called a Slab Sided Hopper. They were unique to Canadian railways only. This one is a model of a TH&B hopper and were a common site in the 1970's.
I believe they were used mostly for transporting powered cement and possibly bulk fertilizers.
I bought this one assembled unlike my other resin cars.

This is yet another car that does not see much action on my layout.
This car has the Canadian Centennial logo on the side. As much as I like weathering my rolling stock, I just can't bring myself to doing this car.

This car was made by Intermountain. There was only a limited number of these models build.
This is a model of an actual car that Canadian National had painted for promotional purposes.
It was the only car painted like this and was only like that on one side. The other side of the car is painted like a normal hopper car.
I have seen these cars on E bay selling for several hundreds of dollars.

The next car is also a Sylvan Resin Kit. These cars were also a regular visitor to my home town, although they didn't look as new as it does in this picture.

Well I figured it was time to show you folks some of the rolling stock that I don't normally have on my layout.
Most of these cars spend there time in a glass display case in my train room.
The first car I am showing you is a CN Slab Sided Hopper that I built from a Sylvan Resin Kit.
Many of these cars used to pass by my house when I was younger.
It was the only the second resin kit that I ever built.

A Little Bit Of Weather

I attended our regional Train Show a few months ago and while there took part in a couple of workshops.
One of these work shops was about weathering your rolling stock and buildings using Bragdon Powders.
My first attempt at using this process was on an old box car that I brought to the show for this purpose.
My second attempt at using these powders was a few weeks later when I decided it was time to take the shine off one of my new Trueline Trains Caboose's.
You can really see the difference between the caboose on the left which is how it looks right out of the box and the caboose on the right which I weathered using the powders.
I see a lot of potential use for these powders which come in several shades.

Well here we are in the dog days of Summer.
I haven't doing a whole lot of constructing or modeling on my layout of late but I figured it was time anyway to post something new.
So I posed a couple of my locomotives and a few of my recently purchased Fresh Cherries Cars in Ashtown and took a picture.

Cars & Trucks

As mentioned in an earlier post cars and trucks help dress up the layout.
The past year has seen an abundance of HO scale vehicles available at a decent price.
Like this old Chevy owned by an employee of the local feedmill.

More Work To Be Done

Although a good bit of my layout has been scenic ed to some degree, I have not done much with the area in Shellville beside the main yard.
I presently have a feed mill kit that I am working on sitting there but when that is done it will become a vacant lot again.
Any ideas, anyone?

Seen Better Days

As mentioned in an earlier post I am phasing out my old wooden Juneco Caboose's.
In this picture you one of these so called phased out caboose's.
I am getting a little braver when it comes to scenery as well.
I recently placed a few trees around the caboose to give it that abandoned look.
The trees are Woodland Scenics trees. Not as nice as the trees done by my friend Scott Jay of Bayside & Tidewater fame .

A Little Weathering

Like my new caboose's several of my locomotives had that shiny or new look.
So one nice warm sunny weekend last summer I took my paints and compressor out side and set up shop on my back deck.
I weathered a few of my locomotives as well as rolling stock.
The RS-18's in the background of this picture are a result of that day.
Some day in the future I hope to build myself a nice paint booth, that way I can weather or paint year round with out getting into trouble with the C.E.O.

New Caboose's At Canadisle Rail

Another change taking place on my layout involves my older CN caboose's.
I recently bought three new Truline Trains Caboose's.
The detail on these caboose's are just unbelievable. Something that would rival brass.
With the arrival of these caboose's, I will be phasing out my older Juneco wooden caboose's.
They do need a little weathering though.

Well I Got The First One Right

Some of the small changes that I have been making in the past year has been replacing the lighting in some of my locomotives.
I have been trying out various types of LED's as opposed to bulbs.
The difference is quite noticeable as you can see in the picture of my two RS-18's.
Can you guess which one has the LED's installed?

A Long Past Due Post

Well hello friends and fellow train modelers.
It has been a long time since I have posted anything here, almost a year so I am told.
What can I say other than life keeps interfering.
But there is nothing like an old fashioned snow storm to create some free time.
So with out further delay here we go with what I have been up to this past year.
Please excuse any error's, its been a year you know.
And yes I'll try to do better with the updates.
Anyway here we go.
The first picture in a year is showing a side street in Ashtown.
I am in the process of adding back drops as opposed to a solid blue wall.
This one is a Scenicking Backdrop.
Also in the picture is my only sound locomotive and some cars and trucks.
All I have to do now is supply some people for the side walks and signs for the stores.
Maybe even a little paint for the roads.
What does everyone think? Am I heading in the right direction with this.