As part of my continued avoidance of all things trackwork and electrical related I have started on a bulk modeling project.  My continuance down the backdating road requires that I add a significant number of 40 foot boxcars as these were still quite common into the early 1990's in northern Manitoba.  To that end I have started working on approximately 25 to 30 boxcars, predominantly Intermountain cars and Trains Canada cars and a smattering of Branchline and True Line Trains cars as well.

As we seemed to have more interest in the last 2 weeks I have decided to continue this forum. I will try not to miss a week in the future! So its:-

Time again for a prototype photograph.

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Graeme

I used the weathering methods illustrated and explained by Gary Christensen and Mike Confalone in the Train Masters Videos and I now have weathered 2 box cars (no airbrush).  This is my second attempt. I bought a half dozen inexpensive freight cars off Ebay to practice on before trying to weather my nice stuff.  I certainly have room for improvement, but I am encouraged with the results so far.  I would like to give a big thanks to MRH, Gary and Mike for sharing their knowledge!

Not All of Us Operate in the Same Way

I have liked to operate on a model railroad most of my life. Unfortunately, for three decades I did not have a layout on which to operate. So, I operated from time to time on other folk's layouts. What I learned is that most people with a reasonable size layout operate their layouts as a somewhat large section of a railroad. They pride themselves on how many trains they can get over the road in a evening or day or operation. I learned that I never felt enough realism when operating in this way.