OH CANADA! Show us your Canadian-based layouts, rolling stock, and engines

No responses at all? Could they be right? US citizens don't know Canada exists? 

OK - I have one. One. Huh. I actually have more Mexican pieces (a handful) than Canadian. Why is that? Gosh - another group of RR's to buy...Oy. Still kicking myself for not buying the Weaver 4-4-4 Jubilee.

Canadian National 40' box car and two CANFOR plug-door box cars from MTH.

Canadien National 40' refrigerator car and Grand Trunk Western 40' refrigerator car.

Okay, Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette has run articles on some Canadian mining roads, maybe obscure to us south of the border (that border).  The White Pass and Yukon runs in(to) Canada.   I am sure there were others....all those big red grain elevators that once marched across eastern Alberta and the other Canadian prairie provinces.....some of them must have had their own short line serving them.  We have paid our admission and we want to see the models.  (I thought the problem was that U.S. citizens think New Mexico is ruled from Mexico City)

It's S Scale, but it's CP...

Rusty

Right now   the tracks are covered  , the rolling stock sitting on the shelf  waiting for  the nice warm weather   before I can get back out side to run the trains

had all engines cleaned and tuned over the   past few months  so all would be ready to roll once I can get the table uncovered .

It's N scale but it doesn't get much more Canadian than the GMD-1:

Bob

This is the one engine that took me longer to find than any other. The non-powered one will continue to reside in my display case. I use the powered one to pull my MTH Premier Via Rail passenger consist.

It's hard to believe but I found it on the big audit site's Australian counterpart.

Here is the link to the item on the auction website:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141855...e=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Here in Albany we see lots of CP.  I have a Cp gp35,  CP Trainmaster, VIA Canada Rail passenger set and GE engine. cN es44 and some rolling stock.

I am still looking for a GP 7 or  9' in Canadien National like the one in the park in Toronto

I have 1 

OK.

here u go 

To Midnightwrecking-- your CN 6153  and CP 2317 are really cool....did you kit bash them?  What locos did you use  to begin with?  check my post history for some of my kit bashes/repaints of Canadian locos....I will post more after I take some more photos.  John A

Nice thread, eh?  

I wish Mike would get tired of RED!!  Someday maybe!!!  

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Ontario Northland PS-4 flat car with an industrial dust collection cyclone load.

Andrew

Falcon Service

Mike, where did you get that Blue Devil? 

Government of Canada cylindrical covered hopper.

Here are some shots of my CN equipment, featuring my custom GP38-2LW and SD50f  Canadian wide cab units, running on the late, great Independent HiRailers Midwest Division Layout.

Enjoy.

Maxrailroad posted:

Mike, where did you get that Blue devil?

Very nice photos good collections.

Here are some shots of my Canadian Pacific "Canadian" Passenger train on the ceiling loop.

And middle loop, runs over the washer dryer in the corner with a Rocky Mountains backdrop.

You can take a look at a lot of Canadian layouts photos and videos on the Canadian Toy Train Associations website;

http://www.canadiantoytrains.org/

Oh boy, here's the White Pass and Yukon Route!

While not based in Canada it operates daily in the summer into British Columbia and the Yukon Territory.

I've got a K-Line boxed set of 6 but no locomotive power for them yet!

My CP steamers . . .

Diesels . . .

CN Custom Caboose . . . (thanks, Malcom!)

British Columbia Railway double plugged-door box car from MTH.

A couple of repaints I did in the early-1980's:

I no longer own these, I hope they're still out there in the great somewhere.

Rusty

A pair of ES44's (MTH) that I got to pull a train of Gov't of Canada cylindrical hoppers:

And the early version of the train they pulled:

When this train runs next it'll have about 20-22 cars.

---PCJ

I tried to get this loaded with my pictures  but I was unable to do so , but as it appears this topic is still ongoing   and I was able to figure out how to post the video I have taken the occasion to do so 

my sole piece...

Terry, some beauties. I am guessing brass?

John A posted:

To Midnightwrecking-- your CN 6153  and CP 2317 are really cool....did you kit bash them?  What locos did you use  to begin with?  check my post history for some of my kit bashes/repaints of Canadian locos....I will post more after I take some more photos.  John A

Hey John, 6153 is from a 736 Berk and 2317 is from a pre-war 225E and 47 is from an MTH 2-6-0. The tenders are scratch built. I cannot run big scale steamers at present so I fudge them out of semi-scale stuff. 6153 and tender are 21 1/2 inches long.

Some Canadian Pacific motive power.

I have a Lionel CP boxcar, silver, with the old "beaver" logo on it.  It has the blue man which jumps out the side door.  Did the real CP have such cars, and what were they used for?

I have lots of connections with Canada, so I have included several themes in the layout I am building. First photo reflects my brother-in-law who is a retired heavy crane operator in Halifax. He worked on the Confederation Bridge to PEI. Had to use the CP gondola cars for my magnetic cranes.  Other photos show some fun with the popularity of beer in Canada and lobsters from the maritimes (the lobster car is not a Canadian road name, but still fun).  Mother-in-law born in North Bay, Ontario where we spend our summers on a beautiful lake, so I have an Ontario Northland theme (alas the railway no longer exists).  May look for a Canadian rail name for motorized unit for the rolling stock.  Now pulled by a Lionel loco. All fun.

Michael

midnightwrecking posted:

Terry, some beauties. I am guessing brass?

Hi Daniel:

Yes, the steamers are all brass. CP2816 is a Weaver. The others are 3rd-rail.

CP Rail boxcar from Lionel. Yes, CP did have waffle-sided boxcars, but CP left the boxcars in a basic gray scheme.

Re-posting 2 of my Canadian repaints, of WBB

So Canada really does exist!

Great idea for a thread!

Canadian Pacific had a big presence in New England, where I'm from and my layout is set. They interchanged with the Maine Central in Maine and Vermont, and jointly operated the Connecticut River line with the Boston and Maine.

Here my MTH GP30s (the only two sold new in Canada) meet the B&M. I'd love a set of red CP Rail C424s, but nobody's made them and I'm not holding my breath.

Hey Terry, looking good. I have a MTH version of 2860. At least they tried to make it look Canadian and not just slap some paint on a NYC Hudson and call it Canadian Pacific!

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

This is a great shot!

John, that is some nice, smooth paint work.

midnightwrecking posted:

BAR GP7 #63 posted:

This is a great shot!

Thanks Daniel,

Johan

thanks, Daniel!  John A

CN intermodal well car with CN 48' containers. The real cars are National Steel Car, but MTH used Gunderson intermodal well cars instead.

CN auto rack on TTX flat car from MTH. Made with the trucks in an awkward location.

CN Laser Intermodal containers in CN intermodal well car from Lionel. The real CN intermodal well cars were rib-sided well cars built by employees of CN or NSC.

This VIA Rail 'Canadian' consist is an honorary member of my NY&LB roster due to a couple of outstanding trips on the Canadian, Toronto to Jasper. MTH PS2.

And here's little brother, Walthers HO.

Last but not least, a couple of strays.

IC and Iron Road items at the time of the mergers into CN can be considered game.

Early MPC did have some CN and GTW Geeps.

I have very little in Canadian roads aside from a pair of F3's and passenger set in CP.  Here's my own creation from a Lionel docksider.

Bruce

Oh that is Nice!

I've been busy workin and no time lately to work on my layout but here are some pics of my CPR steam roster and layout from last year and some train show pics

Got some new CN vans almost done.

Great collection of photos always colorful Canadian trains.  Love seeing what folks are posting.

Here is a MTH passenger set I painted up and had some custom decals cut from the same material VIA used on its Blue fleet. An old Atlas 2 rail A unit and Williams B unit. Runs on DC and have them wired together and led lights and extra passengers in the cars.

Tomar rear lighted VIA symbol looks good.

Albertstrains:  do you have a track plan you can post?   Looks very cool!

MYTRAINS:  great picture with the rafting, and the loco on the curve.

My "Canadian" layout section is based on the Lionel Animated Maiden Rescue. It is an action scene from the cartoon "Rocky & Bullwinkle"

I have a Marx 495, and a red Ives 70 baggage car. The baggage car is "close enough" to CP in my opinion, as a tinplate.

Just bought this within the past two weeks.

Curt

My modeling skills are pretty limited. My favourite diesel is CPR #1800. It's the first diesel I ever saw. Also, I've actually ridden behind it. I am really looking foreward to 3-rd Rail offering it later this year.

http://www.3rdrail.com/reservation.html#E89

I have already "Frankensteined" the MTH chassis to a Weaver shell, added wipers, a few grab irons painted yellow and stacks. The Weaver had no stacks??? And the grabs were black??? What WERE they thinking??? I stopped at trying to add LED marker lamps to the Weaver shell as I saw potential for cosmetic disaster with my limited skills. The same for the lousy number boards the Weaver came with. I suppose it will be retired when the 3-rd Rail CPR E8A arrives. But it's the only diesel I ever run. And the only locomotive I have that will haul all nine of my GGD 21" CPR heavyweights!

Another favourite . . . out of Kapuskasing, Ontario

Too soon??? 

Hello Terry;  Where-o-where did you find the Spruce Falls box car, better still where can I get one?   thanks, wayne walter

waynew posted:

Hello Terry;  Where-o-where did you find the Spruce Falls box car, better still where can I get one?   thanks, wayne walter

Wish I could help, Wayne. The Sruce Falls car is an Atlas O-Master car that I bought from a Canadian-based seller on Ebay early this past April. The prototype . . .

Here's another fav of mine, also an Atlas O-Master series car . . .I have a few of these . . .

Hi Terry, thanks for the really sad news.  I collect Canadian railway names and rolling stock.  So I will definitely put these on my hunting list.  Thanks for posting.  wayne

Here's some of our Canadian collection.

my Williams's pa's and mth cars

A few more shots around the layout, good fun with 3 CP powered units and a long string of CP cars, like the MTH autoracks. and the Canadian Pacific Canadian above on the ceiling loop added a dummy B for an ABB power set.

Custom painted British Columbia Railway engine, and the Turbo Train CN etc.

My Std Gauge freights seen here are all McCoy with Canadian names.

Steve

https://youtu.be/32zxGKu5qcs

I been following this club for years. The Canadian Toy Train Association.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx_PJ1CHGYw

Gary - Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinac Railway

Here is an O scale model of the Ontario Hydro HEPX200 schnabel car.

NOTE: This twenty axle schnabel car was built for Ontario Hydro, by National Steel Car Limited of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1973. Ontario Hydro became Hydro One in 2001. This car was placed in service in May of 1974.

One of 4 of my CNR locomotives.

This is my favorite piece of Canadian Rolling stock.

nylbfan posted:

This VIA Rail 'Canadian' consist is an honorary member of my NY&LB roster due to a couple of outstanding trips on the Canadian, Toronto to Jasper. MTH PS2.

And here's little brother, Walthers HO.

Last but not least, a couple of strays.

Love the idea of a Via Rail "Canadian" in O  gauge, but notice only the HO scale one is correct. Via Rail did not use Pullman cars, they used old Canadian Pacific Budd company cars. MTH just slapped Via livery on their Pullman molds. I would have bought a set by now, but it just bothers me too much! Nice layout though...

Algoma Central gondola from Lionel

Custom painted CP Alcos, hanging out with some Budds from CN.

Some action at the grain elevator, CP RS3 and THB GP9:

CN picking up some livestock at the farm:

CN baggage express car at the depot:

fm work train,and a plow already to go  

Does anyone have any TH&B they want to sell?

All three postwar Lionel engines: 227, 228, and 2373

MODERN EXTENDED VISION CABOOSE

 Great  Caboose.

Shop track

Here is a pick of  aGP38 crossing the Spanish River in Northern Ontario.  

Oman posted:

Does anyone have any TH&B they want to sell?

Georges Trains in Toronto has a custom painted pw Hudson, nicely done with TB&H.  I'm tempted to pick it up every time I go in.

CN intermodal well car with CN INTERMODAL We deliver! 48' containers from the MTH Premier line.

Apologies to the Vermonters,  but we can't forget the maple syrup barrel car............

Just finished an IC/CN repaint.

Oman posted:

Does anyone have any TH&B they want to sell?

Keith,

I am fairly new to this forum and do not know whether it is OK to post buying/selling info, but I do have a Lionel TH&B box car (19239) in excellent condition if you are interested.  We can chat off line if preferred. My email in my profile.

Thanks,

Michael

Thanks Michael; if it was a single door 40' I'd be interested. Also, with Lionel, I'm never sure which rolling stock are O-27 and which are Standard O.

Mother-in-law born in North Bay, Ontario where we spend our summers on a beautiful lake, so I have an Ontario Northland theme (alas the railway no longer exists). 

Sure it does.... It still  serves Northern Ontario, However traffic  heading south of North Bay is and was always  handled by CN  o r CP via   the ONR's  transfer yard at North bay on Lake  Ni****ing .  ( lumber & paper).  The ore train out of the north  which I worked for years   between ONR's  transfer yard and Hamilton is unfortunately done.  At one time a 100 car train of ore from the north  went to Pittsburgh PA.   (or someplace south of the border).   all done.

 Ok Lake N -I-P-I-S-S-I-N-G.    It's not a swear word.

Gregg posted:

Mother-in-law born in North Bay, Ontario where we spend our summers on a beautiful lake, so I have an Ontario Northland theme (alas the railway no longer exists). 

 

Sure it does.... It still  serves Northern Ontario, However traffic  heading south of North Bay is and was always  handled by CN  o r CP via   the ONR's  transfer yard at North bay on Lake  Ni****ing .  ( lumber & paper).  The ore train out of the north  which I worked for years   between ONR's  transfer yard and Hamilton is unfortunately done.  At one time a 100 car train of ore from the north  went to Pittsburgh PA.   (or someplace south of the border).   all done.

 Ok Lake N -I-P-I-S-S-I-N-G.    It's not a swear work.

Gregg,

Glad the railway this exists. I must be thinking about the passenger service from NB south to Toronto.  So my Ontario Northland freight rolling stock still a real thing!  Always liked the color scheme.

And yes, NB is on Lake Nip****ing, but our cottage is on a small adjacent lake, Trout Lake.  Don't ask if it still has any trout. 

Michael

Just finished making these Alcos into a semblance of Canadian National FPA-4, FPB-4. Ignore the obvious discrepancies, they started out life challenged!

Sorry about the multiple posts...my BlackBerry doesn't upload pics to the site anymore

Albertstrains

Do they not have a  CP Snow Plow like yours  at Heritage Park !!!!

Yes, Heritage Park has a snowplow in its collection just like this one

Al

Sidebar   •   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8E5IL7jPd0

Karen Newman sings "O Canada" at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Michigan.

Gary

Thought one was missing.....

DDURLING- layout looks great! Post more pics!!

Purchased these CN items at York last fall.

6060 is very nice! What is the minimum radius for it?

I believe it is O42.

GregR posted:

nylbfan posted:

This VIA Rail 'Canadian' consist is an honorary member of my NY&LB roster due to a couple of outstanding trips on the Canadian, Toronto to Jasper. MTH PS

Love the idea of a Via Rail "Canadian" in O  gauge, but notice only the HO scale one is correct. Via Rail did not use Pullman cars, they used old Canadian Pacific Budd company cars. MTH just slapped Via livery on their Pullman molds. I would have bought a set by now, but it just bothers me too much! Nice layout though...

I agree Greg! The set was ordered by my LHS from the catalog, and it wasn't 'till I got it home I noticed they weren't correct. But they'll do...

It is frustrating that MTH doesn't really pay attention to detail, but I suppose that's the nature of the business. Like my Jersey Central & PRR Madison consists with 6-wheel trucks instead of 4-wheel.

But I have fun anyway!

Newly decaled White Pass and Yukon Route 4-6-0 #66 as well as renumbered boxcars 734 and 718.

My CN flat with Canadian helicopter ready for shipment North.

franktrain

southernryamtrakfan posted:

This is the one engine that took me longer to find than any other. The non-powered one will continue to reside in my display case. I use the powered one to pull my MTH Premier Via Rail passenger consist.

It's hard to believe but I found it on the big audit site's Australian counterpart.

 

 

Here is the link to the item on the auction website:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141855...e=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Hi again, I'm pleased you are happy with your purchase. They are very handsome locos, I'm actually just starting to build my new layout today.

Here are a few pics showing my Layout trackplan and few more engines. 

Nice work guys! Here's more of the 2 rail O i've been busy with.....

One of my Canadian National freights on its way-

Lionel CN SD70M-2 #8002....with hoppers. First leaving the yard and then out on the main.

Donald

Custom painted CN sleeper "Thunder Bay" which i run in my Lehigh Valley Black Diamond.

 MODELTRAINPARTS(sorry for yelling lol)

 Looks like the picture you posted didn’t load properly. Can’t see it?

  Jeff, Donald, Myles and others Awesome modelling!

  Nice to see Canadian roads featured as well 

Here are a few pics from my layout thread, I know I haven’t done much scenery the past two years but hopefully not going to have to move in a year .

Al

Al and others,

I'm not a CP modeler, but I have always like the CP hudson ever since I was a kid, some 50 years ago. I keep looking at the Weaver CP engines but wonder how well they hold up, how good do they run and if the sound and smoke units are any good.

Would appreciate hearing from you Weaver CP guys as to the pro's and con's of Weaver steam.

Thank, Ray

Weaver Hudson, Coal or oil

  Hello Ray

 The Hudson you see is an MTH Premier PS2 from a few years ago, that I repainted to more accurate colour.

   The Weaver Royal Hudson was an ice breaker with us living north of the 49th parallel at the time, as no O scale models of any big Canadian steam had been produced (1990 approx)

  Having said that, it is fairly accurate for the 2860 version but not as accurate for the 2858 version (should be Commonwealth instead of Buckeye tender trucks)

  These models came out before TMCC , so just plain drive train with can motor.

   I would recommend any of the MTH versions before the Weaver due to lack of command control

Al

 Of course Weavers 2816 is an excellent model with all the bells and whistles lol

Al

I like to vary the ''era's '' I operate in. (Anywhere from 1950's to the mid /late 70's.)  Here's a couple pictures from last weekends operating session.  3 passenger and 5 freight runs in 3 hrs......... and that includes the one ''near miss'' at the diamond !   We ended with clearing a slide on the Kettle Sub.  

Here's my CN set. Spent a lot of time as a kid in Westport, Ontario.

Mark

Mark, nice run-by scene.

Thanks.

Hello Myles

I would like to see more of your layout .

  Looks pretty Awesome 

Al