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This is Rory a ManeCoon , asleep after a play with his favorite toy. A straw.

No trains west of Exshaw, Alberta (Sept 2016) More No Trains! Andrew

The CAN/US Border crossing at Waneta BC, 1990ish. Andrew

Hi Daniel, The MRH Acrylic painting guide has a cross reference table of the old Floquil Colours to the Vallejo paints. Its a free download if you sign up at the site (basically - just join the forum). I'm not a CSX modeller so I can't say for sure that the Floquil CSX colors are for that particular scheme. In your picture the paint does look a bit faded, particularly the yellow. Hope this helps Andrew

Burlington Northern GP38 No. 2076 and GP9 No. 1802 cross highway 3b in Fruitvale BC. Photo taken late 80's early 90s' The track in Fruitvale is north/south...next something North or South of Fruitvale. (it does not have to be on the same line)

The other end. Burlington Northern (Fort Worth and Dallas) caboose. Fruitvale, BC 1985 ish Andrew

Green Something Orange?

Banff, AB February 2015 1 train, 6 buses (2 minibuses and 4 tour buses/city bus size). Andrew

A eastbound inter-modal waits as a westbound train prepares for a "buses on a rail car, on a bridge" photo opportunity at Lake Louise, AB on January 2015. Andrew

Canadian Pacific Golden Beavers - class DRF-44 (ge AC4400's and ES4400's) West of Calgary, Alberta. Next up: The Letter E Andrew

Canadian Pacific 9619 in DPU (distributed power unit) service on a westbound potash train. East of Exshaw, Alberta Sept 17, 2016 Next up something green and black. Andrew

Hi John, No, trap/catch points are not used in the Canada or the US. We use "derails". There are a few types and are usually located beyond the clearance point (so a derailed car wouldn't foul the points when it came to rest). Here 's a picture of one from the Nolan Company. Hope this helps Andrew

Trees Next: More Trees Andrew

I know its not a bus on a bridge...how about 4 busses on a yellow flatcar. Lake Louise, Alberta (Jan 2015). Next how about something green. Andrew

Here's 2 something orange at Seebe Alberta (April 2015) How about something red. Andrew

Here's some Intermountain Cylindricals. Andrew

Have you had one of those days when you felt the need to stick your chair on the hood of your car? South bound Burlington Northern at Fruitvale, BC switching the Atco Lumber mill. 1989ish. The next photo will have something else bizarre on a train.

Here's some GMD SD40-2 in Brilliant BC, just before the dam east of Castlegar. 1992ish. How about a tunnel. Andrew

CP Mixed Freight at Gap, Alberta The Next photo will have a signal box. Andrew

Loaded CP Potash making at run at the Rocky's (Seebe, Alberta) Next photo will have a trestle. Andrew

Hi Dave, there is no real quick and easy, one click way cutting out the background. I took advantage to the straight lines and used the polygon selection tool. You can also set the selection to add to or remove from a previous selection to build up a bigger selection. That way you don't have to try to get it in one go (you can also save selections). Once you have the selection you can use the Refine Edge (or Select and Mask as it is now called) tool to feather or move the selection edge. Just a bit of feather to soften the edge helps get rid of the sharp edge. The Phlearn youtube channel has some good free tutorials about selections and masks as well. Also the keyboard shortcuts for the tools are well worth learning. Hope this helps. Regards, Andrew

Hi Westener, The wide shot photo in my post is one of the raw unphotshopped, unstacked photos. In this case though, I think it tells a better story if I hid the bricks with the trees from the other side of the model. These are the same models on a different day looking from the other side with blue card for the sky behind the module. Its just focus stacked. Andrew

pH, I would have thought that Nelson would have a quiet zone by now. I stayed at a hotel at Lake Louise and the CP main was 80 yards from my room - much quieter with the quiet zone, but you could hear the horns blowing from a few miles away, followed by the gentle rumble of GE's, seacans and hoppers. Nice view of "The Mall" though! Andrew

Sometimes you just get lucky and the trees actually start to look like they are part of a forest. Andrew

CP ES44AC 8741 Leads an eastbound grain empty though Banff Station, March 26, 2016. Andrew