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Yes, it’s a model - 4
6: Over to Norway, Tore Hjellset posted this photo of a train
on its way from Rise Station.
Tore describes the setting: “It’s June 1965...
“...and the privately owned railway company GFB (Grimstad
Frolands Banen) is operating a small strech of track from the
Norwegian coastal town of Grimstad up to Rise, some 20 kilo-
meters into the country. There it meets the NSB (Norwegian
State Railways) line from Arendal. NSB still runs passenger
trains on the Grimstad Line, but all the freight is now handled
by the GFB. In real life, the Grimstad Line was closed down in
1961, but in my imagination, and in my layout room, it survived
and we're now in 1965.”
To learn more, see
7: Bob Rivard's latest freight car project is this Kadee 50 foot
cushion frame box car.
Bob says, “Thanks to fellow modeler Frank Jordan for turn-
ing me on to this one. Highball Graphics makes this decal set,
F-243. Kadee offers the car in this 1965 paint scheme, however
the green is too new for my 1977 modeling era. I removed the
lettering and re-painted the car using a more faded PC jade
green. The Fallen Flags web site provided the prototype photo
of the 18095.
If anyone is interested, you can see my 1977 Soo Line RR on
Youtube
. The video was
wonderfully shot and edited by Douglas Hildebrandt. Last year
I replaced my 25 year old Grisswald scratch built signals with
ones made by Mark Pruessler of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
MRH-May 2013
