Great Northern Rwy's Mansfield Branch Line (1909-1985) and the Waterville Railway Co. (1910-1974)

Built by the Great Northern Railway in 1909, the 61 mile line branched off the mainline at the Columbia River and snaked its way up across Douglas County, WA to its terminus in Mansfield. In 1985 it was abandoned, thus closing the book on railroading on the Waterville Plateau. This blog is dedicated to preserving the history of the Mansfield Branch Line and Waterville Railway Co., as well as showcasing my scratch built HO scale models.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

HO scale trestle

Scratch built 7 pile bent trestle.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

HO Scale Weathered Freight Cars

First time trying out my new airbrush. Colors I used were burnt umber, orange umber and dark brown. Weathering powders were used as well. Sorry for the poor quality photos. All my pictures are taken with my droid phone.

Intermountain Railway Co. 5277 cu. ft. Boxcar.

Walthers BN PS-2 2893 cu. ft Covered Hopper

Walthers GN PS-2 2893 cu. ft Covered Hopper

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Weathered HO Scale Great Northern Boxcar

My first ever attempt to weather a rail car. This is an Intermountain Railway Co. (12 panel Box car GN in Sky Blue) boxcar. I thought it turned out pretty good. There is much room for improvement when I look at other people's work.

Monday, February 10, 2014

HO Scale Bridge Kit

Ballasted wood deck bridge. This was a kit I put together a few years ago.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Short HO Scale Bridges

Two scratch built 14' bridges. Their spans measure out to be only 1.93". The Mansfield Branch had a few of these size bridges. I use a dark walnut stain on all my structures and then dry brush them with a light grey weathering power.