I’ve been busy finishing my basement in order to facilitate the construction of the rest of the layout. Despite the…
Blast from my (freelance) Past
I’ve been doing some work to my basement in preparation for layout expansion and had to move some boxes…
Woodchips from Canada
Prior to the mid-’60s, the International Paper plant in North Tonawanda received logs by ship from Canada to make paper.…
New Powerhouse for International Paper
I had been working from historical aerial photos taken from at least 1/4 mile above Tonawanda Island in order to build…
Penn Central Rolling Stock Photos
I’m in the process of gathering photos of G43A gondolas so that I have an example to follow before I…
C&I Twin Hopper
The power plant at International Paper in North Tonawanda burned coal, and the company stockpiled coal next to the employee…
PC X53A Boxcar
Atlas created this model of a Pennsy X53A 50’boxcar. Penn Central rostered about 300 of these, so it should be…
LV 8203
Lehigh Valley Railroad used the Penn Central (ex NYC) Niagara Branch to access their own yard in Niagara Falls NY,…
PC 2055
I got around to doing some weathering this week. Penn Central C430 #2055 has a bit of dirt on her…
Buffalo: September 26th, 1972
I spent a few days in Buffalo with some friends from the Penn Central Railroad Historical Society, and when the…
