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CP 235 stages it's cars on the CSX West Detroit, parallel to Fullerton

My favorite spot is to sit on Theodore street, but what time is the best for catching trains here. Since I caught a leased locomotive here my next goal is to catch the caboose! Thanks! Chris The caboose normally goes out on the locals earlier in the morning. Best bet is to get there before 12

451 at Delray. CN 70M-2 and NS 70M-2 leaders. 20 cars

CN 451 stopped at Delray, waiting for CP 241

7/5 I spent the good part of the afternoon in Windsor, Ontario to shoot the Essex Terminal Railway and other Canada-only goodies Essex Terminal 107 pulling cars from the CP interchange https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7403/27500426214_a25f511ced_b.jpg https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7450/27500425834_fc7f...

Not sure if anyone cares, but Delray Tower is in the process of getting new windows...

I miss the bullet hole

Hey all! Here is the next of my cheap O scale builds. (I dropped the one-night requirement because I don't want to hate myself) Next up is a kit bash of (roughly) a CN GP9RM. I didn't intend for it to be a CN until I realized all the things I was modifying were in line with what CN did. It won't be ...

382 stopped at Vickers. 2 ES44s

B73 at Romulus

31M at Delray

I recommend Delray. I'm there a few times a week. Park on the gravel drive opposite the St. Mary's Cement sign. Just be smart and don't leave your equipment out and keep your eyes open. I've never had a problem.

Thanks! Scrounged my collection (accumulation?) of spray paint and found a nice navy blue for the car. The roof was sprayed silver to represent a galvanized steel roof and the blue was tastefully oversprayed as many cars were. I'm considering painting the main door on each side either white of silve...

Figured it would be cool to document some of my late-night modeling projects, mostly fueled by boredom, mild insomnia (byproduct of being a college music major), and a desire to make use of the piles of crap under my workbench. I am going to try to keep these all 1-2 day projects not including paint...

451 at Royal Oak. Single Dash 9 leader

BCOL 4653 leading CN 451. At Delray

31M at Conrail Bridge. 91 cars, Dash 9 leader

21N and 29G at Delray

4/29 I spent the afternoon on Detroit's east side Conrail caboose on the end of Conrail NY7 https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1534/26114240113_d0b05840b8_b.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1663/26114239573_fab88f1b3a_b.jpg NS 31M at Milwaukee https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1630/26114237443_815531ddcb...

385 heading south on the Mt Clemens Sub

397 just left Port Huron