Last week I had the pleasure of being shown around an area where a logging train is still in use today. It was quite an experience to see how things operate.
The friend who showed me around worked there for many years, prior to his retiring. Hope you enjoy the pictures.
This locomotive...
Well I guess I can start this weeks photo fun....I took some pic's the other day when I went for my morning walk, and with the help of my wife I made a new backdrop....Here are a couple of pic's of it.
I want to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
My wife and I have combined her Dickens Village and my HO together....Here are a couple of pictures and a short video.
Well I have been practicing as per the outstanding instructions on this forum....Still need to get colors better but I like the overall shape....Thanks to those who have shared their expertise.
My wife and I have put together our first Christmas HO layout, with our Dickens Village...We wish you all the best of the season...Here are a couple of pic's and a short video.
Started to use some of our photo's for backdrops on my layout...please keep in mind that these are first attempts and none of the photo's were taken with a model railway layout in mind, however that is about to change! So here are experiments from the last couple of days.
I did a little bit of landscaping yesterday and I picked up a new GE Dash 8-40CW Locomotive last week at the Supertrain Expo here in Calgary so I put them together and here's what I came up with.
Have been busy working on ballasting my track and playing with a scene on my mountain...I must admit that I was quite reluctant to try ballasting, until I read a how too from a previous post...In my first attempt the ballast was coarse and a little too large, but still acceptable as far as I am...
I am very new to modeling, but very much enjoying the process...These are a few pic's of a mountain which I have been working on...It was constructed by using wads of paper, then a cover of plaster cloth and I kept building it up in that manner, until I was satisfied with the look...next came a...