Last weekend, the kids and I had an opportunity to ride the Prairie Dog Central, near Winnipeg. This superb tourist operation is home to Canada’s oldest locomotive, an 1882 4-4-0. That in itself is remarkable, but the PDC has gone a step further in assembling an authentic early 20th Century train to go with it. The #3 was pulling three wooden-underframe passenger cars (and a … Continue reading Canada Atlantic Simulator
I would have to go through my notes to see just when I met Del Rosamond. It was in ’96 or ’97, I think. I called him up out of the blue from the Champlain Trail Museum, where I had been doing research, and they had given me his name. “Sure, come on over,” he cheered, and for the next few hours, I poured over … Continue reading Del Rosamond’s Photos
Yesterday, I made the trip from Ottawa up to Pembroke to capture some measurements I didn’t get the last time I was there. The whole family (including my sister and her daughters) came for a trip to the Bonnechere Caves, which was a pretty cool cave system, guided by a theatrical and informative local boy, called Liam. Then, we stopped off at East Side Marios, … Continue reading Field Trip to Pembroke
Well, here it is: another blog about someone constructing a layout(1). Why should you care? Maybe you are a friend, or perhaps you are my mother. However, if I am lucky, you are not yet a friend or relation, and you might care because we share a common interest. Here are some things that will be unique about this layout, and which you might be … Continue reading Another Layout Blog
