15: Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Shay 5 works up
the 2.5 percent grade on the Moose River branch line.
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Gustav:
I've noticed you don't weather your cars.
Jim:
I've weathered a few. I don't have an airbrush so I use chalks,
and washes of acrylic paint, and I haven't weathered any of my
locos. Frankly I'm sufficiently intimidated by the magnificent
weathering other people have done I'm hesitant to try it myself
until I can emulate that kind of quality. In fact, in the latest MRH, I
saw pictures of weathered freight cars I couldn't tell from the real
thing. Absolutely remarkable! It's an art form I have yet to acquire.
Gustav:
I've participated in a number of your operating sessions,
They are extremely engaging and require concentration. Though
I'm having fun, I feel like I'm actually working on a railroad.
Jim Ferguson’s GN - 1
MRH-Oct 2013
