From the pages of Canadian Railway Modeller: Morgan Turney, in his own words

  Ti-Cat boxcars; that’s a new one for me! Morgan writes about that as an aside in this issue's Dome Car, describing the unique yellow and black TH & B boxcars that were inspired by his beloved Hamilton Tiger Cats football uniforms. He mentioned that while praising the role of special interest groups (SIGs) like the TH&B Historical Society.   And he marks the passing of John Rendall of JR Scale Models of Bracebridge, Ont. Anyone still have one of those kits?   Somebody once asked me if I thought that the prototype special interest groups and their publications served any useful purpose for the modeller. My answer was a resounding "Yes!"   Recently, I received my copy of the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Rail way 'Focus', the official publication of the TH&B Historical Society. Inside was an extensive article of some 15 pages on the history of the TH&B box car by Lance Brown. His well researched and documented article covered the time period b...

  Not only do I get to write the Dome Car again, I also have an article and photos in the issue about my late brother-in-law’s layout , the Cougar River Sub. Ken Epp’s spectacular layout was on three levels, with a fourth level for a staging yard hanging a foot from the basement ceiling. It traversed the entire basement, going through all the rooms. It was a must-see during conventions! I also write in this Dome Car about a new feature I helped arrange with Ian Wilson about transition-era railways. That was fun, working with him on that! It was all part of our effort to make CRM as relevant as possible to readers. And I could write about my own layout, too, the CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota Sub. We were writing out of our experience as model railroaders for the magazine, and we hoped that it showed. People who model the ever-popular transition era have some unique challenges. For example: What was the proportion of home-road to other railway's cars in 1957? What colour were ...

  What is the most unique model railroad club you’ve ever heard of? How about in a war zone? That’s what Morgan wrote about in this Dome Car, when he shared about Canadian peacekeepers in Kosovo who created a club to help them pass the time.   We recently learned about a new Canadian model railway club that's different than most. It has no constitution or politics, no membership dues, no newsletter, no club hats or vests, no annual meeting and will cease to exist by June. Oh, and one other thing: It meets almost every night in an army tent in the backwoods of war-torn Kosovo. It's probably the most heavily armed model railway club around!   The club calls itself the KFOR RR Club and is made up of three Canadian soldiers from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, deployed to Kosovo in December, 1999 for a six-month tour with NATO.   Corporal Andrew Baird of Grand Falls, Newfoundland is a Radio Operator with 23 Engineer Squadron (com'bat en...