Train Show Finds
This past weekend the annual Vancouver Train Exposition (VTEX) was held at the PNE Forum in Vancouver. I attended and had an enjoyable time catching up with people, browsing the sales tables and visiting the various layouts and displays around the show. Talking with my friend Al (who happens to also be the chair of the Canadian National Railways Historical Association cnrha.ca ) he mentioned he had some CN ore cars from the late Ron Keith collection - my friend Rene has a nice post about Ron < here >. I only met Ron a few times but his scratchbuilding work was outstanding. Al pulled a couple of the ore cars from a case and showed me. They were scratchbuilt models of CN drop bottom gondolas used in ore service. As usual for Ron's models they were very nicely rendered representatives of the cars, complete with interior details and full underframe brake gear. Al said he didn't have a use for them and asked if I might have a spot for them hauling ore on my layout. I