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World Tour '03 Chapter 3 The consist stops at the yard to install a plow on the locomotive to clear the way though the rock slides. All the RR Newbies are gathered around asking “How do you attach this thing?” “Maybe if we haul it up with the forklift, we can get Wally the welder to attach...

World Tour '03 "I think these boys are heros" says this group which are mostly women and old men. "Three cheers for the rescue boys!" They don't know that most of the "volunteers" were shanghied from the closest pub...

World Tour '03 But this group on the other side are very positive.

World Tour '03 This group of onlookers are very cynical. "Do these guys know what they're doing"? "At the rate they're going, those poor guys up on the Malahat are going to die of thirst"!

World Tour '03 Boy, this is thirsty work!

World Tour '03 All right, where did the forklift go?

World Tour '03 Chapter 2 It takes precious time to find enough ex-railroaders who know how to operate a GP-20 and get a short consist together for a rescue attempt since the entire Victoria crew is now stranded on the Malahat. Radio contact with the work crew is sporadic, but it appears they...

World Tour '03 Chapter 1 News Release (Island Press, Victoria, BC) A 6.8 earthquake struck the Malahat area, 20 miles north of Victoria, at 8:21 am this morning causing huge rock slides and starting a forest fire trapping a railway crew from Victoria. The crew, consisting of...

World Tour '03 The World Tour ’03 continues for The Gauge “N” Boxcar TGR#101976 as it moves from the Kettle Valley Division to Vancouver and then is barged over to Vancouver Island, ending up in the Esquimalt & Nanaimo RR yard. The Island Tour, on the CP right of way leased by the Pacific...

WORLD TOUR '03 Continues... The World Tour ’03 continues for The Gauge “N” Boxcar TGR#101976 as it moves from the Kettle Valley Division to Vancouver and then is barged over to Vancouver Island, ending up in the Esquimalt & Nanaimo RR yard. The Island Tour, on the CP right of way leased by...

Bumpers I'm using the NS1 Wheel Stop from Miniatures by Eric, R.R.#1, Busby, Alberta, Canada, T0G 0H0. I've just temporarily pushed a couple on the rails in this picture to show the detail. They are metal castings...

Fleckstone Paint II Fleckstone paint with acrylic wash in my yard area with the track glued down (see Speckle Spray Paint thread)...

Fleckstone Paint Here is my use of this material in my yard area. Acrylic wash applied on top.

Thanks Thanks to all for your suggestions. I was intrigued with the suggestion about 2-part epoxy putty. I located some in the local lumber store and I'm going to give it a try. Stay tuned...

I've been studying up on the subject of resin casting and am considering making some relay boxes for my small n-scale shelf layout. Attached is a photo of the prototype box on the local RR. After completing a scale drawing, I now realize how darn small this thing is in n-scale! Now I'm...

Merry Christmas to The Gauge gang from the west coast of Canada...

Awesome! I'm constantly amazed at how fast you keep producing these miniature works of art Shamus! Looking at all the machinery in the new sawmill, I think to myself that it would take months to just build the details, never mind the main structure! What's your secret Shamus? How do you...

How about: "Your Goods Deserve to Stay That Way"

Niagara Canyon Trestle Maybe you could call this RR the "Yellow Brick Road"? The rails aren't yellow - honest! - they just turned out that way on the photo...

... and now I've got four coats of paint and washes on the ties and they are still not right.