New Special Run Cars from Prairie Shadows

4750 Rib-sided Covered Hoppers

http://www.prairieshadows.com/

Hi Everyone. My friend, Jeff Arnold at Prairie Shadows has just received his newest special run Intermountain 4750 Rib sided Cover Hoppers lettered for RVPR and CEFX in six car numbers each. They look great!! He will have them on his website soon.. Check out his other special runs also. Everyone have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Some photos of .......

Some pictures of BNSF trains in Staging Yard

Backdrop and Fascia! What color for the fascia

Pictures coming out of stageing

Unpainted backdrop and fascia

1 1/2 percent grade climbing out of staging

What is your thoughts on the color of fascia?? Dark green or black. My first thought is black, but dark green would look good to!!

CP Christmas Train

CP Holiday Train

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train as it crosses Manitoba on Saturday December 3rd and Sunday the 4th.

Photos by Paul Sincerney

Progress? What progress!!

What happening on the BNSF. Not much!, have been in the layout room one time in the last month. Time and money have caught up with me. The plan is to redo some of the track coming out of staging this weekend and to cut the profile on the first part of the facia.

ROCKTOBER

Here are my most recent locomotive purchases. Love the IAIS Rock Island retro paint. I will have some photo's of recent progress on the layout soon...

JSL

Fun day of Railfanning!! Hello October.

Railfanning on October 1st, 2011.

 At the Portage CP Depot -

 3 GMD SD 60F units waiting for a crew in Rivers Manitoba

 Rivers Manitoba

 Mural in Rivers

Sunset at Portage Manitoba