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Just a dope train photo in the Canadian Rockies
I did not take this, I am just highlighting how awesome it is. It’s a long exposure of some double stack container cars in Canada. You could do this same exposure trick pretty easily on a model RR...
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Pacifc Coast Extension: Progress Pics Pt.2
So it’s been a while since I posted an update on my model railroading progress. I’ve been dabbling with a host of side projects but the two main accomplishments of the last few months have been 1. the...
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Pacifc Coast Extension: Progress Pics Pt.3
So onward and literally upward with the Pacific Coast Extension model railroad project. I’ve begun work on the upper level which will have two very large steel viaducts, a model of Union Station in...
View ArticleInspiring Model RR Video: custom MILW SD10s
This is not my video, but I’m posting it here for easy referral later since this guy gets everything right: the layout is nicely built, the engines are custom made, the camera work is pretty good and...
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Pacifc Coast Extension: Progress Pics Pt.4
Time for an update on the Pacific Coast Extension model railroad progress! When last we left off, I had just completed the upper deck benchwork and subroadbed (i.e. flat plywood) over the staging. As...
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All aboard for Yakima
This week I’m heading to Yakima Washington to take part in the 2015 Milwaukee Road Historical Association conference, which will be focused on the very area where my model railroad is set! As part of...
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More models from the MRHA conference
Okay, I’ve got a few more photos worth sharing that show the models that I had been working on to take along to the 2015 Milwaukee Road Historical Association 2015 conference in Yakima. As seen...
View ArticlePhotographs of the model contest from the Milwaukee Road Historical...
As the title suggests, I recently attended the Milwaukee Road Historical Association 2015 conference in Yakima Washington. I’m really glad I did this, since it was centered on the region where my...
View ArticlePhotographing the Milwaukee Road right-of-way in Washington state
On June 17th 2015, a nearly cloudless day, I set out for a bike ride of the former Milwaukee Road railway between Easton and Cedar Falls in Washington state. It is now the Iron Horse state park AKA...
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Major Trackwork: Complete.
Over the long 4th of July weekend I took the two afternoons of free-time needed to do something I’ve been procrastinating on for a long time now: complete the short stretch of track needed to join the...
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The Puget Sound Model Railroad in photos
Some major model railroad inspiration here from the Puget Sound Model Railroad at the Washington State History Museum, in Tacoma, WA. I took these photos when I was visiting Seattle this summer....
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Photos from the 2015 MRHA convention
Here’s a collection of photos I took at the 2015 Milwaukee Road Historical Association conference in Yakima Washington. These pictures have been up on Flickr for quite some time now although it...
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Final round(s) of pictures from Washington 2015
A year ago this month I was in Washington state to take in the scenery and learn some history at the 2015 Milwaukee Road Historical Association convention. It was the railroading trip of a lifetime for...
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