by Bernard Traffic | Sep 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Today’s freight car is the Cylindrical Covered Hopper – and you’ll find a lot of them on my layout. QGRY provides rail services to both the Ports of Trois-Rivieres and Quebec City and both Ports have large elevator facilities for grain. At Trois-Rivieres...
by Bernard Traffic | Sep 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Since yesterday I shared my new QGRY Bachmann DCC HiRail vehicle project, it only seems fitting to feature a video review of the unit. Really can’t wait to get this up and running on the layout! By the way, this video review comes from jlwii2000. Check out his...
by Bernard Traffic | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Workbench Wednesday 2 MOW equipment and HiRail vehicles add a level of operating interest to a layout. I always thought that it would be fun to run something on the layout in addition to locomotives. You never know when some maintenance issues will crop up and a team...
by Bernard Traffic | Sep 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
This past weekend in Toronto was Fan Expo. ‘What does a comic, sci-fi, anime, horror, gaming convention have to do with model railroading?”, I guess you’re thinking. Well, short answer is, nothing. But I took my 9 year old who is really into the...
by Bernard Traffic | Sep 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Prototype Monday is not just for motive power – it’s also about things and places from the prototype that inspire my layout. I have decided to feature the Port of Trois-Rivières as the main focus of my layout. Reason for this was three-fold (1) QGRY has the sole...
