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.
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.
