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The IPD Boxcar Boom 24 Aug 2013 | 05:40 pm
The term shortline fever was used to describe the movement that swept through the North American boxcar fleet beginning in 1978. An impending shortage of newer, serviceable XM-class general purpose bo...
Postscript: Trackside Treasure Fifth Anniversary 23 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
Thanks to all those who participated in the Fifth Anniversary contest. Was the challenge too difficult? I thought it might be, but there are some good railway book collections and some good Googlers o...
Trackside Treasure Fifth Anniversary 17 Aug 2013 | 06:36 am
Can you believe it? This post is the 240th I've added to this cloistered corner of cyberspace in the five years since I pecked away at my first post and hit the 'Publish' button on August 19, 2008! Ea...
VIA's HEP Baggage Cars, Part 2 10 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
In Part 1, we looked at the use of non-HEP ex-CP baggage cars with LRC equipment in Corridor service in 1991-1992. An LRC-equipped train with the baggage car behind the locomotive streaks over the Nap...
VIA's HEP Baggage Cars, Part 1 3 Aug 2013 | 02:51 am
In the early 1990's, VIA was in the midst of converting its passenger fleet from steam heart to Head End Power. To signify this, I deemed the period 1991-1995 End of Steam, in my first book on VIA Ra...
Model the Prairies' Railway Environment 27 Jul 2013 | 07:15 pm
Railways were the raison d'etre for many Prairie towns. Towns would vie to have their place on the lines that radiated out from Winnipeg in the railway and settlement boom at the turn of the 20th cent...
Model the Prairies' Built Environment 19 Jul 2013 | 03:58 am
The geography of the Prairies, as well as its recent history can be instructive in realistically modelling them in scale. Manitoba's unique position led to its development as the gateway to the prairi...
Model the Prairies' Natural Environment 13 Jul 2013 | 12:44 am
To convincingly model the Canadian prairies, it's best to understand the land. Though Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are Prairie provinces, they're farm from uniformly flat! You cannot see the en...
CN's Operations at Queens 6 Jul 2013 | 08:17 am
CN's Kingston Sub was replete with interlockings, with crossovers between both main tracks bracketing either end of double-ended passing tracks located to the north and south of the double-track main ...
Canada Day 2013 28 Jun 2013 | 04:23 pm
Just in time for Canada Day, here are photos I've taken in every province*. Each photo is matched with passages written by notable Canadians to commemmorate the visit of King George VI and Queen Eliza...
