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Trompe l'oeil

Scenery Saturday 3 The French phrase 'trompe l'oeil' literally means to deceive the eye. It is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist...

Trompe l'oeil

Scenery Saturday 3 The French phrase 'trompe l'oeil' literally means to deceive the eye. It is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist...

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Lumbering Along

Freight Car Friday 3 Lumber. Got to have it on my 'road. And with lumber comes the Centerbeam flatcar – today's featured freight car.  According to the miracle of Google Earth, a...

Lumbering Along

Freight Car Friday 3 Lumber. Got to have it on my 'road. And with lumber comes the Centerbeam flatcar – today's featured freight car.  According to the miracle of Google Earth, a...

Thank You YouTube

Given the last few blog posts, what could be more perfect. Quebec & Gatineau  SW1500 #1505 yard locomotive pushing cylindrical covered grain hoppers into the grain elevator at the waterfront...

Thank You YouTube

Given the last few blog posts, what could be more perfect. Quebec & Gatineau  SW1500 #1505 yard locomotive pushing cylindrical covered grain hoppers into the grain elevator at the waterfront...

Fun with Breadboards

Workbench Wednesday 3 Remember that TARDIS I picked up at Fan Expo last week? Well, wouldn't it be cool to pulse an LED on top just like when the TARDIS dematerializes in a...

Fun with Breadboards

Workbench Wednesday 3 Remember that TARDIS I picked up at Fan Expo last week? Well, wouldn't it be cool to pulse an LED on top just like when the TARDIS dematerializes in a...

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Surplus Tuesday

Long before the Maker movement. Long before the Raspberry Pi. Long before the Internet and Amazon and shopping online... there was ACTIVE Surplus. After 30 years on Queen Street West in Toronto,...

Surplus Tuesday

Long before the Maker movement. Long before the Raspberry Pi. Long before the Internet and Amazon and shopping online... there was ACTIVE Surplus. After 30 years on Queen Street West in Toronto,...

SW(eet) 1500

Prototype Monday 3 Ahhh... the EMD SW1500. It's my favourite engine. There's just something about it... The EMD SW1500 was constructed directly after the SW1200 and was the builder's second...

SW(eet) 1500

Prototype Monday 3 Ahhh... the EMD SW1500. It's my favourite engine. There's just something about it... The EMD SW1500 was constructed directly after the SW1200 and was the builder's second...