Hot outside, cool in the basement.

End of the line for Testors Floquil and Polly Scale paint - Model Railroader Magazine

End of the line for Testors Floquil and Polly Scale paint - Model Railroader Magazine

1:1 Scale

Well, I decided to dust off the camera on Easter Sunday and head to the tracks. What an insane day, 20+ trains and some things I have never seen done before. These two trains are both moving, following each other after a eastbound cleared the bridge at Natress.

Then the VIA unit did it's impression of a Steam Engine while going through Portage La Prairie.

Once that train passed we caught a few more on CP and one on CN. Not a bad day at all.

Didn't expect to find one of these in Walmart..

Planting toothpicks & foam.

Started planting some filler trees, and glued some foam.

CN Derail at Portage Jct.

Was coming home this morning and CN has flipped some doublestacks on their side at Portage Jct on the North Main.

How to kill 10+ hours on the internet

Take an intercative, real time train ride through norway. The first one is 10 hours long through some amazing scenery. The second is interactive in that you can pick which season you travel in, and you can follow along on the map below. Or view all 4 seasons at the same time. This was posted to one of the forums I frequent. The sites are not in English, so you will have to navigate around.

http://tv.nrk.no/serie/nordlandsbanen-minutt-for-minutt

http://nrk.no/nordlandsbanen/