4. The California Northern Railroad (CFNR) Maxwell turn arrives at the
siding in Cortina, California, where it will preform a runaround move on
its train and swap cars with the “Corning Flyer”. The grade crossing is
Lurline Avenue, a rural county road in Colusa County. The elevator in the
background is the DePue rice elevator, Cortina facility.
Dan Kerber’s layout depicts the California Northern’s West Valley Sub
in the fall of 2006-2009. The CFNR GP15-1 is an Athearn Genesis model
which Dan re-numbered and weathered. The HS PS 5344 boxcar started
out as an Athearn model decorated for Vermont Railway. Dan patched
it out and weathered it using an airbrush, acrylic craft paints, oil paints,
and weathering powders. He hand-painted the graffiti using thinned
craft acrylics and very fine brushes. Dan made the road by gluing down
sifted sand, then covering that with tile grout, painted with acrylics and
weathered with pastels.
We love the road, it looks fabu-
lous, Dan!
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