CN Pointe St. Charles Van

For those in the know, Prairie Shadows Model Railway Company is producing in conjuction with Rapido Trains a classic CN van. If you are interested contact Jeff Arnold at Prairie Shadows. It is an easy pre-order on his site with 12 different road numbers. I have seen the pre production samples and they look very nice. I am 100% confident that the final product will be awesome!! He also has some special runs in N scale by IRC. I also know that he is always looking for suggestions for new special runs to produce.


http://www.prairieshadows.com/

JSL

A few pictures!



BNSF

Just a few pictures from a quick drive down the Wisconsin side of the Mississipi River last week. Crappy pictures and a cloudy day.

Spline Roadbed and Backdrops!!

Here a few pictures of the start of the backdrop and the spline roadbed coming out of the staging yard level. After the first few splines I had to go back and do some physical adjustments to where it connects to the plywood. Good thing HD has spring clamps 22 for 9.99. 

JSL

Spine roadbed started!

The spline roadbed construction has started on the BNSF. Its taking awhile to get to this point but it looks like all design elements will fit. I now hopefully will post a final track plan in the coming month. Of to Minneapolis for a week. I hope the railfanning goes better this time. Pictures when I return of the start of the spline...

JSL

Win N Trak 25 Year Anniversary Pin

Here is the artwork for the Win N Trak 25 Year Pin. Thanks to Bob Mitchell for his excellent design. The club is located in Winnipeg MB and our modular layout is located at Elmwood Hobby Works on Henderson Hwy.

JSL

The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha visits the BNSF!

Thanks to my friend Jeff Arnold at Prairie Shadows Model Railway Company, I am the proud owner of a 1935 Hiawatha!! Thanks again Jeff. If you are looking for a great company to deal with and with fair prices, talk to Jeff. If you are into CN or like cabs, check out his new CN cab being produced for his company by Rapido. Here a couple of shots taken tonight.

JSL

Trip to Minnesota

I can't wait, heading back home - Frazee MN and Twin Cities area for the first ten days of July for some RandR from a long school year. My plans include some railfanning along the Staples Sub - northern transcon. Some northtown action and hitting the hobby shops along the way. Should be fun.