Irwin Seidman Photography

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.

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.

Moving Freight

In this n-scale winter vignette, one freight train is speeding past a station while another waits on a siding to pass in the other direction.

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

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

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.