The idea for this project came from an accidental rediscovery of some childhood memorabilia that had been stored away and was long forgotten. The welcomed find amounted to a small box of well loved (which is a nice way of saying well used) n-gauge locomotives, railcars, and accessories. Hopefully the resulting compositions in this project blur the lines between reality and childhood fantasy.
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![CN #3905 © Irwin Seidman](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d7f493779852c0449569870ff645a89b/f0421b6f-cc43-4755-8bd7-2b3f8bdfd218_rw_1920.jpg?h=994be14f4a1ad8be5f2cbf51bdbc45f3)
CN #3905
This N-Gauge CN (Canadian National Railway) locomotive #3905 is pictured here pulling a line of boxcars through a winter storm. The scale model engine is believed to be made by Atlas in around 1969. The real life road-switcher engine is part of the GP40 diesel-electric locomotive class which were build by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1966 and August 1972.
![Winter Travel By Rail © Irwin Seidman](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d7f493779852c0449569870ff645a89b/d0d21c08-4a54-44da-9383-84724f0ed014_rw_1920.jpg?h=acb1f8cf28c0596459057add1b79b8c1)
Winter Travel By Rail
A nineteen-fifties Canadian Pacific (CP) EMD F7A diesel locomotive pulling a CP Vista Dome Car and a Club Car through a snow storm. The n-gauge engine is was made by Minitrix in the late sixties or early seventies.
![Marysville Station © Irwin Seidman](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d7f493779852c0449569870ff645a89b/45e8141a-2003-49c7-989d-ef7151628689_rw_1200.jpg?h=3e66b165aac8cad24077de0230ca1215)
Marysville Station
This late sixties/early seventies AHM n-scale railway station is labeled (signed) Marysville Station. This vignette depicts the inviting warmth of the station on a cold winters night.
![Lil Donkey © Irwin Seidman](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/d7f493779852c0449569870ff645a89b/9da9e7d7-c8c6-42d5-ab81-e08f34456882_rw_1200.png?h=f720225f7ad992f1b30031cc247e67aa)
Lil Donkey
Nicknamed Lil Donkey, this image features a late 19th Century European style steam locomotive (probably a Prussian T3 Shunter) pulling a period appropriate passenger car and caboose. This n-gauge model engine was made around 1968/1969 by Aurora Postage Stamp Trains.
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