(Edited by Devon LaChance) 

 

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William Baird's Canadian Pacific SD9043MAC and Bernard Dumenil's two CP AC4400CW's roll an empty potash hopper train over Stoney Creek Bridge on the former Canada Central Railway Club in 2009. The Locomotive models are by Kato, and the rail cars are by Intermountain HO Scale.

 

MODEL WORK of ROB ARSENAULT

Rob weathered-up an Athearn Genesis SD-75i as it looked circa-2014.

Here Rob attempted a bit of dust and fading on a BCR two tone green SD40-2. We like the results! 

 Some very realistic weathering on CP SD40-2 6049, especially around the long hood Dynamic Brake Blister which gets extremely hot!

 

Bowser’s HO Scale CP Rail C630M 4502 looks spectacular with typical Alco oiled up weathering!

  

A bit more weathering was completed on colourful blue and yellow Ontario Northland SD40-2 1734.

This one was real challenge for Rob, a ex-ONR SD40-2 in lease service; PRSX 1736.

In April Rob weathered a few rail cars too!

 

MODEL WORK of TOM COX

Some brilliant O Gauge modeling of LS&I and GTW locomotives! This is the gorgeous work of Tom Cox of Red Pine, an amazing modeler who can capture the prototype with incredible detail and accuracy.  

This certainly makes me consider switching from HO, to O scale! (WB)

 

MODEL WORK of JEREMY MCPHERSON

Jeremy McPherson's HO Scale CN C40-8M 2441 and 2428 look terrific in both the stripes and newer CN paint scheme.

 

  

 

MODEL WORK of  TIM HAYMAN

 An Athearn Model? Nope! This is the new Walthers/Mainline SD70ACe. One of our club members picked one up, and I took on the task of adding details and weathering it up. I added all grabs, pilot details (MU hoses, lift bars), DPU marker light, windshield wipers, modified sunshades, and a scratchbuilt GPS antenna dome. I also painted the cab interior and added crew figures, and then weathered it up. It's still not quite accurate for a CN SD70M-2, but I think it ends up being a nice looking loco!

  

Tim Hayman is our VIA Rail News Editor, and therefore has also been working on detailing up one of the latest runs of Athearn P42's to better match the VIA prototype. The loco was factory painted as VIA 908, and here are some changes that he made to his model to make it more accuarate:

-pilot details
-removed HEP plug on engineer's side at front
-all underbody details
-repainted trucks and underbody equipment
-painted wipers black
-removed oversized printed gaskets around windshield
-added extra antenna and emergency horn
-removed cast grills and added S&S etched metal ones
-filled in sand filler hatches on rear
-painted handrails grey
-added extra HID headlight
-weathering, particularly on the roof.

 He also added Loksound, and LED lighting for all the headlights and red marker lights, and added lenses as well since Athearn just has the bulbs sticking out.  We like the results!

   

MODELLING FROM THE PROTOTYPE

Ontario Northland SD40-2 1733 wearing the latest paint scheme.  

 

The CANADIAN NATIONAL DISPLAY TRAIN at Bellevillle, ON July 3rd, 1971

All these NAR boxcars were 52ft 8in, not 50ft.
NAR 050001-050030 were all assigned to "International Traffic" and this was still indicated in the 2006 ORER.

Brand new Northern Alberta Railways 50-foot Double Door Box Cars in the mid-1970's.  These looked great with yellow painted trucks!  In 1981, Canadian National bought out CP Rail's interest in the Northern Alberta Railways, acquiring full control of NAR railroad. CN also took over the  trackage, rolling stock, and the NAR locomotive fleet.  Note the very odd NAR numbering starting with a "Zero"

Covered Hopper CN 53307 was shot at Toronto Yard

40-Box car CP 55965 has the Newsprint Service shield, large door, and block lettering.  Note in 1979, the car has no roofwalk, but still has full ladders.

Burlington Northern Waffle side (Dbl Plug Door) box car BN 316472 was shot on August 26th, 1984 in CP Agincourt Yard, Toronto, ON. 

BN flat car 610405 with a Boeing 747 parts tarp, labeled for air craft builder CANADAIR (in English and French) and shot by Bill Grandin in Concorde, Ontario in a CN freight bound for CN MacMillan Yard, on June 17th, 1980.   Based in the Province of Quebec, Canadair was a civil and military aircraft manufacturer in Canada.  Made up of several aircraft manufacturers, the nationalized corporation was privatized in 1986, and became the core of Bombardier Aerospace.  Canadair were most famous for their Water bombers  (Wiki)  Canadair's origins lie in the foundation of a manufacturing centre for Canadian Vickers in the Montreal suburb of Saint-Laurent, at Cartierville Airport. The Canadair Plant One building is still there, but the airport section no longer exists.

Insulated 40-Foot box car CN 290043 was shot in Concorde, Ontario on September 9th, 1982.

 

MODEL RAILWAY CLUB LISTING

Please submit your listings Model Railway Club Listings for insertion in the next issue.

ONTARIO:

Waterloo Region Model Railway Club (WRMRC)

http://sudburydivision.ca/

St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway
www.stjacobsmodelrailway.com/  St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Model Railway is North Americas finest "O" Scale Layout and showcases Southern Ontario during the 1950's.

QUEBEC:

West Island HO scale Modular Railroad Club
http://wimrc.ca/

The Montreal, Vermont and Essex Model Railway Club (Montreal, QC)
www.montrealvermontrr.com

The Montreal, Vermont and Essex Model Railway Club is an HO Scale layout modeling CN, CP, CV, and B&M in Quebec and Vermont in the 1950's, but members also operate 1970's, and 1980's trains as well on occasion. Vermont and Essex Model Railway Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/514127815316977/776687015727721/?notif_t=group_activity

Societe de Modelisme Ferroviaire de Quebec (SMFQ):
http://smfq.org/

Sorel - Tracy Model Railroad Club (FACEBOOK PAGE)

https://www.facebook.com/Chemin-de-Fer-Sorel-Richelieu-et-St-Laurent/129214287194241

 

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