Recent content by Singlepole

Wow, good post railwaybob. Great info!! I will add it to my diary. Sp

Thank you spitfire, I'm there. My home town is, as you may have guessed Rainy River. Its original name was Beaver Mills after the mill that was first erected there. The railway needed a connecting route from Winnpeg to Thunder Bay and Chicago so this line was built, but a bridge neede to be...

I want my layout to exact the former yards that were here in my home town and I also want that engine to pull the lumber cars that built this community. The trains roll through here now barely slowing, but at one time it was a large train center. It is all gone now except in the memories of...

Thanks for you help everyone. Me and my boys are still pretty new to model railroading, but we are very excited to start learning. Any more advice you can give us to get us started we would appeciate. Thanks Sp

I am looking for info on a steam engine that I am told ran primarily on the CNR line between Winnipeg and Rainy River. This one made it's last run from Winnipeg to Rainy River in 1958 and is still parked there. It's road number was 4008 and I was told that its model name was Santa Fee, but I...