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
MRH-Apr 2013