Three Months Later, an Update!

It has been over three months since my last blogpost...wow.

Life has been busy, and in case you (my readers), didn't know, I am now an employee for CN Rail, as of the end of March.

Between a new career, training in Winnipeg for a total of seven weeks, and moving from Lunenburg to the Halifax area, it has all been fairly hectic.  However, I still find time here and there to do what I enjoy as a model railroader.  So here's whats been happening or hasn't been happening in the model department :-)

The UMG module will be taking a break for a little while as wiring and soldering the module itself is the next stage.  My plans is to use that module as a diorama of sorts to take photos of my models on as they are completed, and also to use at local model railroad shows as time off allows me to attend.

I have purchased a few pieces of rolling stock and also an older SD40 Athearn blue box locomotive, which should be arriving in the mail any day now!

My personal modules will wait until my wife and I move into a house sometime in the future where I can plan something more permanent for my layout.  I have had multiple modellers suggest that I focus on weathering and detailing rolling stock and motive power until I have the space for a layout, and I have decided to do just that.

Back in late February, I spent an evening with local modeller Ryan Handrahan and with his careful guiding, I was able to successfully weather my first piece of rolling stock, a CNA Railbox boxcar.  I have included a photo below to show the lightly weathered results.  In fact this week, I will be back at Ryan's for a second take on weathering with pan pastels and oil paints!

First boxcar, weathered.

Well there you have it, the next post will be a brief synopsis of two operating sessions I was apart of during my stay in Winnipeg.  As always, thank you for taking the time to view my blog, and I hope to have lots more material for you all in the near future!

- Caleb