Railfanning Cobourg ON

Railfanning Cobourg ON

Spent this past weekend in Cobourg, Ontario; an hour-and-a-half east of Toronto. We went out to celebrate Father’s Day with my wife’s parents who have a condo on the Beach. While the kids went swimming and out for a puddle on their uncle’s sailboat,...
Operating on the Q&NE

Operating on the Q&NE

Last week I was invited to operate on Sheldon Frankel’s fantastic Quebec & New England layout. The Q&NE layout is 19′ x 29′ HO layout based on the southern end of a regional railroad that runs between Montreal and Boston circa 1990. The focus...
CN logo evolution

CN logo evolution

Found this amazing post on UK graphic designer David Airey’s Logo Design Love website devoted to the design of logos and brand identities. Being a ‘recovering’ graphic designer myself, I had to share this amazing visual history of CN’s logo...
Euro railfanning

Euro railfanning

Just back from a very enjoyable two-week family vacation to England and France. One of the many highlights on the trip was taking the Eurostar from London to Paris. Besides the fact that I hadn’t taken a passenger train in ages, the experience of high speed...