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

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