Burr Stewart
The Burrlington Northern, Seattle Region, is an HO model railroad set in 1973, based on the operations of the Burington Northern, MILW and UP railroads in the region from Seattle north to Bellingham and east to Skykomish, WA. It also includes the fictitious "Troublesome Creek Railway", a narrow gage road which represents the ultimate expansion of the D&RGW west to interchange with the BN at Everett, WA. This channel features video clips from both standard and narrow gage operations on the HO layout, as well as my N scale layout and other people's layouts that I've visited. It also includes footage of the BNSF railroad taken around Seattle, and a few random music and other kinds of performances.
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Burr Stewart
One of the challenges of maintaining a large model railroad over several decades is what I would call "paint inventory management." Because when you make a modification or repair to an area, you need to be able to, for example, paint some new sky to match sky color that you applied, say, 25 years ago. Unless you are very careful, paint doesn't last that long. Anyway, these two "before and after" pictures show that today I was somehow able to paint a section of backdrop sky blue that had been patched after a vent pipe was removed last month during the kitchen remodel project on the floor above. Am feeling relieved about this!! (as you can see, green forest paint is coming next).
14 hours ago (edited) | [YT] | 30
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Southbound mixed freight this morning, holding at Carkeek Park...
6 days ago | [YT] | 55
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Oops! Send out the hazmat team! Not sure how this happened, but there it is…
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 77
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I can't decide which of these pictures I like best, so here they are, and you decide! BN F45 and F9 neck-and-neck. :)
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 23
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Here's a telephoto shot of my Interbay yard chock full of cars, waiting for tomorrow's re-activation of Stacy St. and Bayside yards! I hope to show you some of that fun tomorrow...
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 83
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Which of these consists do you like better, and why? They all look hitched up and ready to go...
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 13
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If you enjoyed my Part 140 video, here's another take on the CB&Q's "Black Widow" paint scheme, this time on an SD7. It was used as an Interbay yard switcher after the BN merger. Something to look forward to for next year. Happy holidays everyone!
1 month ago | [YT] | 83
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A long-time dream is starting to be realized, here on the Burrlington Northern, set in 1973. Only half of the engines had been painted BN green, so I wanted to have a decent number of legacy engines that had been renumbered but not yet repainted. Thanks to friends like Tim Taylor and Brian Elchlepp, we're getting there, as these photos show...
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Here's a nod to someone who pointed out, correctly, that we don't feature switch engines enough! Especially when you consider how much we enjoy switching! (and I'm puzzled by the varying number of MU hoses on these two engines).
2 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 71
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Which of these engine consists do you like best, and why?
3 months ago | [YT] | 16
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