Great Northwestern Railway

With the new buildout, the Code of Operating Rules and Operator's Handbook needed updating. This added the new operating areas, new trains, new track plans and so forth. My good friend and model railroader John Marlin had a gorgeous handbook for his layout in a 4.25"x11" format. His booklet inspired me to do the same for the GNW. This, by the way, is a very common format for prototype paperwork. The style allows a booklet to easily fit in a pocket while working or walking.  Biggest challenge was to get the new booklets printed out. He put together a nice video showing how he was able to print his out using free software available: https://youtu.be/WBREcTkKPzI   I think it turned out pretty nice! "The Handbook"   For simplicity, and for those who prefer a cook-book approach to learning, here are the steps:  1.         Set up pages within Microsoft Word: a.        4.25”x11” 2.     ...

 Since I was on a roll with decals for the two industrial railroads, another languishing project has been getting some GNW cabooses and other equipment painted and lettered. You may have noticed in the photos, the GWN has been using SP equipment and cabeese. This needs to change!  Of note, the GNW has 2 paint schemes for their cabooses. One is a kind of orange, reminiscent of the D&RGW; the other is a classic "red caboose" theme. Both use the same lettering size, but one uses black lettering, and the other uses white.    Neither had the GNW logo, so the new decals would take care of that deficiency! I had previously worked with Circus City to make up GNW decals for engines. So I reached out to him for this rolling stock. I was mostly interested in packing in as many GNW logos and lettering as I could, since I could get things like equipment data decals fairly easily and at a much lower cost per sheet. So working with Matt over at Circus City, we came up with a sh...