Our layout is the Oakville sub and the galt sub and the goderich sub
hamilton to Guelph Junction, and we conest with the TH&B so 2 g2,s and 2 g3
,s were equiped with automatic train control so they could venture into TH&
B and New York Central territory . for the passenger trains . Now I am
trying to get my D10 (Van Hobbies regeared and a can motor istalledand
hopefully DCC and sound so it can pull a decent load . Especially up the
Goderich sub I,m modeling 1061 which ran out of Chatham ST roundhouse and
was used primarilly onthe coal run to Port Burwell to meet the SS Astabulia
which 32 cars of coal could be unloaded to feed CPR,s coal burners in
Southern Ont . My other interest is New York Central and TH&B . This is
interesting I got a call from Stan at Georges Trains he is rebuiling a 4-4-0
for a friend who lives out of town we got discussing brass and he remarked
re the D-10 He was discussing the future brass bussiness with Jack who owns
Division Point he feels the Brass steam engine bussiness will last another
five or six years then those of us that remember steam will all be starting
to pass on gee thans Jack .Well with all the computer techoligy and plastic
injection systems I feel that plastic will become the new brass True Line
Trains CNR u2g will be the test . My feeling is that the younger modelers
will still have an affection for steam especially with the sound sytems and
now syncronized smoke the model takes on even more the personality of the
prototype and lets face it there is nothing more facinating than watching
steam trackside and listening to the big sound of steam exhaust . Now it was
March of 1960 on a Thursday night there was agiat snow storm with winds
70 -80 km drifts there was one on our street where 2 station wagons got
stranded each side of the street the drift created was 4 feet higher than
the cars roofs we wlked over it looking down at the cars . It took most of
the day to plow out the roads . The familly went for a drive to check out
all the snow we were going south on Kennedy Rd in Scarborough there was a
level crossing and the wig wag was going coming westbound was a wedge plow
very slowly behind it were 3 D10,s and a caboose of course there was an
engine crew in each engine I will never forget that they had call out the
old reliable D10,s to do battle with mother nature its was dark but I
stillremember that night like it was yesterday because it was the last time
I saw steam in regular service, It was a triple header plow movement 3
engines 3 engine crews and plow operators . What picture that would have
made a real Winston Link/Kodak moment Well sunset is doing a D10 in O scale
the drawings are there one big expense down so maybe they will bild a HO D10
before Divison Point can get theirs off the ground regardsDAVID HILL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Pinchbeck" <jpinchbeck@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cpsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:58 PM
Subject: RE: [cpsig] CPR D-10 from sunset
D10 back because its whats needed for home layouts I operate on a very
large club layout so the big mainline steam for me . but thats my personal
thing Well lets hope Divisn point can carry on regards DAVID HILL
Where are you modelling? There were very few places in Canada where there
might have been less than several dozen of them around.
I know I’m exaggerating but the D10’s were used everywhere and in almost
every situation you can think of. They ran by themselves and with multiple
engines lashed together at times. They were very versatile engines.
Jeff
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