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1: Guy Cantwell caught this Sierra Consolidation rolling into
Groveland on his Willoughby Line layout. Guy says:
“John La Barba painted and weathered this brass loco, a Westside
model of Sierra #24. The white building is a Rio Grande Models kit
and I scratchbuilt the grey warehouse in the background from the
hay warehouse at El Portal on the Yosemite Valley Line. For the
ground cover I used real dirt that I sanded to bring up the dust and
then colored with Bragdon’s powders.”
Yes, it’s a model - 1
2: Mike Confalone sent along this photo, with these comments:
“Here's a bird's-eye view of Western Maine Railroad Alco RS11
7605 (former PC) as it approaches White Mountain Jct. on the
Allagash Androscoggin Sub in April 1980. The Western Maine is
a shortline that has assumed operation of the former Allagash
White Mountain Branch. It's a one-horse railroad with 7605 as the
marginal shortline's sole power. The Allagash main runs on the
other bank of the South Branch Sandy River. There was a wash-out
here last spring, hence the rip-rap on the embankment.
“The 7605 was a Penn Central custom job done by modeler Jim Six
many years ago and was featured in one of the magazines (maybe
Prototype Modeler
). It ended up with Jim's friend Mike Rose and
was recently brokered to the Allagash and then to the Western
Maine. It still wears the original PC white number on the cab.”
(There's a jumbo version of this photo on the next page.)
MRH-Apr 2013
