Prairie day dreaming...

There is just something about the Canadian Prairies that I feel compelled to explore in my railway modelling. A curious blend of early first hand memory tempered by HO scale models built and enjoyed with my Dad in my teens. I've traced familiar lines out on paper but have, until now, not tackled this curiosity directly...Last year I found photos of Carlton and was almost tipped over the edge but somehow held my nerve. I'm not quite sure what was the trigger this time, it doesn't seem very long ago that I shared news that some N scale Intermountain grain cars and a Walthers elevator had arrived here in the workshop - and that an Intermountain F7 was on the way. This arrived earlier in the week and has been a delightful purchase. Smooth and powerful near silent running with that buttery purr I remember from old Bachmann Spectrum models in my teens - a sense of real mass despite the tiny size - and more, a smattering of rather lovely detail - wire handrails, etched grills and wipers and…