Musings on my Model Railroading Addiction

More Ontario fall Colours. VIA Train 84 cruises east towards Guelph after its Kitchener station stop near Shantz Station.

Fall Colours bring diversions? With Metrolinx regular weekend closures for construction on the Oakville Subdivision, weekend VIA Rail (and the Amtrak joint train) are diverted onto the CN Halton Subdivision, which does not regularly see passenger traffic between Georgetown and Burlington Junction. Last weekend VIA Rail Train 97/Amtrak Train 64, the “Maple Leaf” to New Yor...

It’s “Giants of Steam” week at the Bluebell Railway in England. A year ago I was loading up for a quick weekend sweep through to attend...

Running trains. its what you’re supposed to do on a layout amongst other things. I have not really since my big Operating Session get together in May. I am going to make an effort to run trains more often. Starting with yesterday and what I’m calling “Friday Freights”. They probably will look the same a lot of weeks, and I probably won’t write about them regularly, but my goa...

Tail end Tuesday. I went for a ride about last Tuesday to take the train to Milton finally. On my way home, I overshot the easiest station at Long Branch to go to Mimico and see what was about at the VIA Toronto Maintenance Centre. I’m glad I did as a late arriving VIA Train 2, The Canadian eastbound was just entering the TMC when I got to Mimico, so I rushed off the trai...