tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295411492012-01-29T20:14:35.564-05:00This site was created to share my interest in modeling North Conway and the B&M railroad with other modellers. Pictures will be updated occasionally. You may contact me at: haneydavid@hotmail.comDavid Haneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833724361630756810noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29541149.post-1150001418231691422006-06-10T23:22:00.000-04:002006-08-07T21:16:59.486-04:00<script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-5500401224637559";<br />google_alternate_color = "FFCC66";<br />google_ad_width = 200;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />google_ad_format = "200x90_0ads_al_s";<br />google_ad_channel ="3623902114";<br />google_color_border = "CCCCCC";<br />google_color_bg = "CCCCCC";<br />google_color_link = "000000";<br />google_color_text = "333333";<br />google_color_url = "666666";<br />//--></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br /> src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/1600/June2006%20112.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/320/June2006%20112.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />By David Haney<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/1600/June2006%20119.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/200/June2006%20119.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >I have always been a fan of the Boston and Maine railroad. While growing up in Chelmsford Massachusetts, I could hear the B&M trains at</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" > night passing through Westford and Graniteville. In the mid 1970's I began to railfan along the Stoney Brook branch between Ayer and North Chelmsford on m</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >y 10 speed </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >bike. My pocket scanner received radio transmissions from Ayer and Lowell towers. I always knew what trains were coming or what I m</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >issed. Listening to the B&M radio chatter was very entertaining. In 1978, I got my first car and began to explore other parts of the B&amp;M. The Connecticut River line was a favorite destination most week</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >ends. A two hour drive to White River Junction or Bellows Falls, VT would ofte</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >n result in seeing trains from</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" > 3 or more different railroads all interchanging with the B&M at various points. Modeling the</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" > Conn. River was my plan until I went to North Conw</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/1600/June2006%20234.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/200/June2006%20234.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >ay, New Hampshire for the first time in the early 80's. North Conway has a magnificent train stat</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >ion, roundhouse, working tu</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >rntable and mountain scenery. Who could ask for anything more? An article in Model Railroader by George Drury inspired me to build this beautiful station.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/1600/June082006%20064.0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/200/June082006%20064.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/1600/June2006%20138.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/320/June2006%20138.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >The facilities at North Conway are</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" > very</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" > com</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >pact making it an ideal setting to model. Using an old interior door </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >for my foundation, I constructed a diorama to display the station and my rolling stock. The door is hollow allowing me to cut out a pit for the turntable. More details will be added to the turntable soon. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >The photos were taken with a FujiFilm S3000 digital camera and enhanced with</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" > Adobe photoshop. Click on any photo to see a larger image.</span></div></div></div><a style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/1600/June2006%20213.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/400/June2006%20213.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/1600/June2006%20260.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5493/3149/200/June2006%20260.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><br /><br />http://bandmfan.trainhelp.hop.clickbank.net/<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29541149-115000141823169142?l=northconwaymr.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Haneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833724361630756810noreply@blogger.com9