Notes on Designing, Building, and Operating Model Railroads

Decal work – 1

The last blog post ended with missing decal sets for recently painted freight cars! My list of completed resin and 3D printed freight cars ready for the paint shop leads this blog post. I needed to find all of these decal sets to keep progress moving forward.

Paint shop – 1

I know this looks like a royal mess, but I’ve noticed many paint booths have a similar appearance. I finally got into gear and got the paint booth up and working.

More new freight cars

A few more 3D printed freight cars of prototypes built in the Teens and Twenties are now available.

New freight car book

I was alerted recently to a new publication focused on a legendary freight car builder. “Canadian Car & Foundry, Freight Cars 1900-1960” by John Riddell. This is a 200 page soft cover book published by the Bytown Railway Society summarizing the company.

The Minster Branch – Update 7

Dave Campbell has shared another chapter in his new layout progress. Here he is with the latest.

With Saint Marys, the first of three towns on the NKP’s Minster Branch, sort of complete, I couldn’t resist the temptation to host my first op session. I know….I’ve been advised to finish a scene before moving on, but the temptation proved to be too much. Besides, the weather is starting to heat up and it’s either now or wait until Fall.