It’s been seven years since I first saw the Aberfoyle Junction O scale layout—one of Canada’s finest
layouts.
Back then, it was still located at its original and
long-time location near Guelph, Ont.
Now called the St. Jacobs and Aberfoyle Model Railway,
it is located in nearby St. Jacobs, Ont., its home since 2013.
I was able to visit the layout again this month; once
again, I was overwhelmed. There are simply not enough words to describe how magnificent
it is.
This time around, a volunteer generously offered to
let me see behind the scenes. I got to go behind the layout to see the staging
yards, and also up into the control booth located on the second floor above the
trains.
Engineers control the trains from their perch on the
DC block-controlled layout—something that is only possible with the use of
cameras so they can keep an eye on the staging yards, switches and magnets for
uncoupling.
In addition to the behind-the-scenes photos, I took
many other pictures. I’ll post them over the next couple of posts.
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