CN had a sizable fleet of 8 hatch ice reefers.  Quite a few got rebuilt into mechanical reefers.  I'm giving a try at modelling these cars using 3D CAD for the various bits and pieces.  More here: doodling a rebuilt 8 hatch reefer

In July 1998 I was on a work trip to Vera Cruz Mexico.  I managed to squeeze in some railfanning on the way.  Vera Cruz had a lot of GE locomotives and cabooses on all the trains very reminiscent of UP.  More here: FNM Vera Cruz

In 1986 Manitoba Pool Elevators decided to remove the Pool #1 elevator and replace it with the Pool C elevator from down the way.  I watched it unfold over the summer.  It wasn't something you see everyday. Click the link to read the full post.

Shuffling around grain elevators

• CP Arbutus Spur in Vancouver BC

• US Army Munitions Depot Railroad in Hawthorne Nevada

• Canadian Pacific gondola weathering

• Railgon weathering

• Ferromex in Mazatlan - a GE haven

Señor plow test fitted

I recently built a trio of lightweight CN GP9.  One notable (at least to me) missing item was the plow between the footboards on the CN GP9 fleet.  As the models come from Athearn and Proto 2000 they lack this feature, although Athearn has apparently remedied this on later models.  

Ireland is not only the Green Isle but the EMD Isle as well.  If you are interested in modelling passenger operations and short freights this might be a good candidate.

https://ageologistchasingtrains.blogspot.com/2021/03/ireland-1998.html

Here is a trio of M420 on a mixed train through my roughed in scenery on the Hudson Bay Railway.  I can't say this ever happened in reality but it is still entertaining listening to the bark of some Alco 251.

https://hudbayrailway.blogspot.com/2021/03/m420-mixed-train.html

Marc Simpson

I've been hemming and hawing about starting to do my own 3D prints for locomotive and freight car details.  The latest generation of resin printers has really tested my will power.  Seeing what my friends Dave B. and Mike M. have been able to accomplish with their printers got me to give 3D modelling a try.  Mike has offered to let me print on his machine so down the rabbit hole I go.  

I've managed to acquire most of the items I need to build my own switches.  One hang up was that I had a bunch of stuff shipped to a friend's PO Box in Blaine Washington (just over the border from us) to save on postage as there is a significant difference between shipping in the US versus to Canada.