tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57236357280391074002024-03-17T20:04:05.260-07:00CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota SubdivisionJDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.comBlogger892125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-22855077464875867252021-05-06T19:19:00.001-07:002021-05-06T19:19:04.555-07:00End of the Line for Winnipeg's Assiniboine Valley Railway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_y4ZD8mR3tcIPrRVqSOHmguIw8iPDWvsDBQEg9vAUa23aHK65BflITQYC-DMHTR6n1opuqMNsp0H3vSoIirJR8NWPJ7WDb20ECWHLSbFBYEJHc8xafDX2Bdi1XE_UfjDCajhKRfULizkw/s625/assiniboine-valley-railway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="625" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_y4ZD8mR3tcIPrRVqSOHmguIw8iPDWvsDBQEg9vAUa23aHK65BflITQYC-DMHTR6n1opuqMNsp0H3vSoIirJR8NWPJ7WDb20ECWHLSbFBYEJHc8xafDX2Bdi1XE_UfjDCajhKRfULizkw/w400-h231/assiniboine-valley-railway.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It was a good run, but Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Valley Railway—the “Route of the Hazelnuts”—has come to the end of the line.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The one-eighth
scale riding railway has been told it needs to vacate its current location and
find a new home.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The AVR was founded
in 1995 by the late Bill Taylor, a member of the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpm7hTmGasedXjl1V2tCKjO0pp4nWJWAcYOdPHBuMIuW1yzcj0NibVqj9dZKjnUMAB3rNtJlDguFRAkb8a0Gr9OPEsmgb9DyNiZslsaSDUF26OO2UMUow4q0ciZQZOlc-rxUt4U6iztiRG/s960/avr+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpm7hTmGasedXjl1V2tCKjO0pp4nWJWAcYOdPHBuMIuW1yzcj0NibVqj9dZKjnUMAB3rNtJlDguFRAkb8a0Gr9OPEsmgb9DyNiZslsaSDUF26OO2UMUow4q0ciZQZOlc-rxUt4U6iztiRG/s320/avr+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Together with
friends, he built the “layout” on the land behind his house near the Assiniboine
Park Zoo.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">After two years of
grading and track laying, the railway officially opened in September 1997.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Manitoba’s then Lieutenant
Governor, Yvon Dumont, was among those hammering in the last golden spikes.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszPyFmEH1473UZ3HNEAKmwrjXQy7zApoO3AQaG9plwv3sAozKelgYmz-t9v7Fut_WQGfMS5rqKkCUfc5qZAX4yqlJRi0CMiqac1sUHv4aHPcCi3vgaOulPRGYZNhY46dlYjW8z-JgEsve/s512/unnamed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszPyFmEH1473UZ3HNEAKmwrjXQy7zApoO3AQaG9plwv3sAozKelgYmz-t9v7Fut_WQGfMS5rqKkCUfc5qZAX4yqlJRi0CMiqac1sUHv4aHPcCi3vgaOulPRGYZNhY46dlYjW8z-JgEsve/s320/unnamed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Over the next few
years, the AVR crew added more track on the six-acre treed lot. Eventually,
there was 6,400 feet of track in two loops, along with sidings.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">During the 2010 NMRA
Thousand Lakes Region Steam on the Prairies convention in Winnipeg, Bill hosted
an operating session—it involved real-life walking to throw switches and spot
cars.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">A highlight of the
ACR was the dinner train weekends, where riders could enjoy a hamburger while
riding the trains.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtPMaD80PfeTy4Ur-CIWOS5TUlau6y8klViT9bor1wbwLLagtSZwScv8yaU9ApIlCdfESr5mPoQEaQVP2IotbwC784ryOhTxJRpBPs49ysyWZTmxmOD0xd4K0EHNFe0DnOae16LjMIl_X/s279/AVR2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtPMaD80PfeTy4Ur-CIWOS5TUlau6y8klViT9bor1wbwLLagtSZwScv8yaU9ApIlCdfESr5mPoQEaQVP2IotbwC784ryOhTxJRpBPs49ysyWZTmxmOD0xd4K0EHNFe0DnOae16LjMIl_X/s0/AVR2a.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It also hosted at least one wedding party.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbpEqQU8ZZrHUY0g2TMbKFYg3hazVBpD7WuI9vYt3VmejII1u6dMmsdv9Zs57tq6oVIsLHvOmwp7XVlHaG9Y7HS_m-hqG4jnW2TQvqUXJ_nNnXs9qS1tF7148jhn-OdzmyMtWcTgHSFmI/s506/AVR+WEDDING+TRAIN+2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbpEqQU8ZZrHUY0g2TMbKFYg3hazVBpD7WuI9vYt3VmejII1u6dMmsdv9Zs57tq6oVIsLHvOmwp7XVlHaG9Y7HS_m-hqG4jnW2TQvqUXJ_nNnXs9qS1tF7148jhn-OdzmyMtWcTgHSFmI/s320/AVR+WEDDING+TRAIN+2003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">But the biggest
attraction each year was the Christmas lights show, when thousands of people
rode the rails and saw the lights while raising money for charity.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9VqJRHb80qzNXBbtyvcHeM7xo7paqRtDZtmAl1Qo5K3DWywx3aYVsLiH6o2jWvFlqrZVmcYugA1v5Xo1zm91Q-7jS2ZMO6M8ZYZVN6c6_mW8AlW5lfdQ-HWWnqm9Jx_DmhsFnpAwfCvX/s2048/NEP4747191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9VqJRHb80qzNXBbtyvcHeM7xo7paqRtDZtmAl1Qo5K3DWywx3aYVsLiH6o2jWvFlqrZVmcYugA1v5Xo1zm91Q-7jS2ZMO6M8ZYZVN6c6_mW8AlW5lfdQ-HWWnqm9Jx_DmhsFnpAwfCvX/s320/NEP4747191.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Bill died in 2013
at the age of 69. The club’s members carried on his legacy, continuing to
operate and maintain the trains.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Due to the
pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 seasons were cancelled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Now the Taylor
family, which owns the lot, has told the club it needs to move.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHkLScr_-o0BQg6C4tbHzhIKcZdem7-ZfCgFHbCVYgsDGH8zYX9eNYB2-AQmHbYxh68__l00KOINvGCdQNPXrFEQr9KHak1ROS6M8A5lYa3H89aGlDew2bMq6aVYUTfHb4RLNpqzqQK6u/s1600/DSCF2176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHkLScr_-o0BQg6C4tbHzhIKcZdem7-ZfCgFHbCVYgsDGH8zYX9eNYB2-AQmHbYxh68__l00KOINvGCdQNPXrFEQr9KHak1ROS6M8A5lYa3H89aGlDew2bMq6aVYUTfHb4RLNpqzqQK6u/s320/DSCF2176.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If it is to
continue in a new location, the club needs at least seven acres of land, preferably
close to the city so it can serve the public. They have six months to pull up
all the track.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"We expected
it to happen, but it’s still a shock," said AVR club president Len La Rue.
"It’s going to be a slow grieving process. There’s stuff we are going to
have to leave. Obviously, we can’t move our buildings."</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYij6r0UpZAfYJsr9PnfBrkpNsBqMfTmTmkTRCDHXhK7jgHJixCK3G9IvIFAiPd1TyWw3mH6TkCbaxK8f3t1b5yCLTASvjbEJhupJrYR9E99b1qnQLvtZ6eBlZ7WS6qBhlxDsVntGZkBa/s1480/avr-track-plan-2002-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYij6r0UpZAfYJsr9PnfBrkpNsBqMfTmTmkTRCDHXhK7jgHJixCK3G9IvIFAiPd1TyWw3mH6TkCbaxK8f3t1b5yCLTASvjbEJhupJrYR9E99b1qnQLvtZ6eBlZ7WS6qBhlxDsVntGZkBa/s320/avr-track-plan-2002-5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJdM_9wtbCs"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Click here</b></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0000ee;"> </span>t</b>o “ride” the AVR
on YouTube.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2013/08/death-and-model-railroader-vi-rip-bill.html"><b>Click
here</b></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: #0000ee;">
t</span>o learn more about Bill Taylor and the AVR on the occasion of his passing.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2010/06/steam-on-prairies-3-assiniboine-valley.html">Click
here</a></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">
for a layout overview from Steam on the Prairies.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">And <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2013/09/last-ride-on-assiniboine-valley-railway.html">click
here</a></b> for yet another article on this blog about the AVR. (I just couldn’t
get enough of that great Canadian railway!) <o:p></o:p></span></p>JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-52441505302711838972020-12-12T14:57:00.005-08:002020-12-12T15:16:27.075-08:00Progress on the Gateway Spur: Working at Weller Beer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4QTPCvYaAuxt43E-VHh2upHel2Qs__cxnlOaOfPtCBKv_KJ63iODCBW8cGf_3gqiH6BejSVruUq27FudeR-en4QnfNtq9iMAMbhtSi7zbu4vj0F7C2mf-DospAZLcQvMehvYwbNj1AA1/s960/130514125_10158581382640180_6824884711745236642_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="960" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4QTPCvYaAuxt43E-VHh2upHel2Qs__cxnlOaOfPtCBKv_KJ63iODCBW8cGf_3gqiH6BejSVruUq27FudeR-en4QnfNtq9iMAMbhtSi7zbu4vj0F7C2mf-DospAZLcQvMehvYwbNj1AA1/w400-h296/130514125_10158581382640180_6824884711745236642_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Weller Beer is the
first named industry on the layout. I’ve decided to name them after childhood
places and streets in my hometown of St. Catharines, Ontario.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Weller Beer is
named after Port Weller, the Lake Ontario entrance to the Welland Canal. It was
located near my home; I spent many happy hours there watching the ships come
and go.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It’s the biggest
industry on the Gateway Spur, with three tracks. Two are for inbound
commodities of corn syrup and barley (tank cars and covered hoppers), and one
with three spots for outgoing pallets of beer (boxcars).</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3jnDIRgqclTo78HQf_QpwlkktaGHDZbb3fZ74nXVBbVLAkh7QGzgU4wFzQuXceuuEslA05TNltF1tmFmjOnWFdUS32CvLJJalKHqhfoHt9EBJW2HuNFzPd0Aes94SunHuC2VJcXgwHPS/s960/131366404_10158581382695180_3173463054981218541_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3jnDIRgqclTo78HQf_QpwlkktaGHDZbb3fZ74nXVBbVLAkh7QGzgU4wFzQuXceuuEslA05TNltF1tmFmjOnWFdUS32CvLJJalKHqhfoHt9EBJW2HuNFzPd0Aes94SunHuC2VJcXgwHPS/s320/131366404_10158581382695180_3173463054981218541_n.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There is also a
team track beside the brewery, which can receive different kinds of cars.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Weller Beer is
also the first part of the layout where I did some of the first scenery work—paint
the tracks, ballasting and ground cover.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It’s still only
basic, but it’s getting there. I will want to add more details, including lots
of details to the structure itself. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMIL_yRSM7Q8JHSxecTLFlREAATd2Hf257YEjVJNSho60IePyKRmGdBCdOqvObesjwBWMagGntddKErQzLvOoS9RA5b86A_23nfOBWR1yTBarO2yKaURFSBkoXGyiB8R9dnnjujJtoFbk/s960/130238272_10158581382765180_2360822844295123983_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMIL_yRSM7Q8JHSxecTLFlREAATd2Hf257YEjVJNSho60IePyKRmGdBCdOqvObesjwBWMagGntddKErQzLvOoS9RA5b86A_23nfOBWR1yTBarO2yKaURFSBkoXGyiB8R9dnnjujJtoFbk/s320/130238272_10158581382765180_2360822844295123983_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The backdrop is
still an issue; it’s green! I have thought about backboard, or maybe I just don’t
care. It’s about operating the trains. And I could get some software to add a
sky for photos. We’ll see . . .</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-27074940347678628122020-11-25T19:51:00.001-08:002020-11-25T19:51:37.898-08:00Back in the Train Room or, The Gateway Spur is Back<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JFhIYehBwij5dNTTVjqzgZdKTQ1AZrIpFAXXVLiRAG3NO0WZlhINfAE7PGVjuVllrh9BDSn0aT3uFqihJKjHLnL6f_U9Av13KeiYScdS3wHIlzQ9cgldCSwrEPUJeE8aEaPcNB9G2OPJ/s960/126829952_10158530011595180_6544922112399278057_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="960" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JFhIYehBwij5dNTTVjqzgZdKTQ1AZrIpFAXXVLiRAG3NO0WZlhINfAE7PGVjuVllrh9BDSn0aT3uFqihJKjHLnL6f_U9Av13KeiYScdS3wHIlzQ9cgldCSwrEPUJeE8aEaPcNB9G2OPJ/w400-h323/126829952_10158530011595180_6544922112399278057_n.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The
Gateway Spur is back! Or maybe it’s more correct to say I’m back with the
Gateway Spur.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The
layout never went away. But it has been dormant since March when the pandemic
started. Somehow, I just lost interest in the hobby as the first wave of the
virus swept North America.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Then,
when summer came, I spent most of my time outdoors biking and doing other
things. I spent no time in the basement.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Plus,
there were plans to renovate the old train room—put in a new floor, paint and
turn it into a spare bedroom/hobby/whatever room.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPohHVMQEyGazQvKIKl-t_ph3tHmZ6tKDe4FjE3cgLqV-WgktuOQZc4zRp_tyIm5m44fPj3gDUzab_bmPelj530ybbT1I8q2TyCtEGHP1BiCLDRpej7XzjkhmTH-FODJdXhJyMY581QhOo/s960/125976200_10158540983265180_8040800644282775288_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPohHVMQEyGazQvKIKl-t_ph3tHmZ6tKDe4FjE3cgLqV-WgktuOQZc4zRp_tyIm5m44fPj3gDUzab_bmPelj530ybbT1I8q2TyCtEGHP1BiCLDRpej7XzjkhmTH-FODJdXhJyMY581QhOo/s320/125976200_10158540983265180_8040800644282775288_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To
get the room ready, I had to take down all the buildings for painting and put
many other things away.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">But
that’s all done now. I’m back working on the layout. It feels good.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">To
reiterate (since it’s been so long since I last posted about it), the Gateway
Spur is a short freelanced industrial layout along three walls of the room.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cVkzyMKEKRLcyOJ7wxgyLOt_eDpkQhyEPxWoVQbLSBgbtMrEorZ5My-Vxt42_sKHEZKG1xPPF_iuqMv1TMNU-iRdIK0xhb8EE9GcC7r4eO8-FbCgW1X1SEiC3Q0bmjZOV7QrIKK35tBD/s960/126838944_10158530011610180_6224923900808277344_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cVkzyMKEKRLcyOJ7wxgyLOt_eDpkQhyEPxWoVQbLSBgbtMrEorZ5My-Vxt42_sKHEZKG1xPPF_iuqMv1TMNU-iRdIK0xhb8EE9GcC7r4eO8-FbCgW1X1SEiC3Q0bmjZOV7QrIKK35tBD/s320/126838944_10158530011610180_6224923900808277344_n.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">It
replaces the old CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota Sub., after which this blog
is named. In fact, it uses two sections of the upper level of the old layout;
so, in a way, the M & M Sub. lives on.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Set
in the late 1980s, the idea behind it is seven industries (and team track) are
located on a spur on the outskirts of a larger urban centre. They are serviced
by a switch job that originates in the urban centre (fiddle yard) as an
out-and-back operation.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Train
lengths are 4-5 cars, plus a caboose.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Industries
along the line are not yet fully determined, but so far I have a plastics
business, a mill, a brewery, team track and several manufacturing companies.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7wvlpGgPcc4nStNzLg2p2XAyYDmjG1Qga3IwE9QVP3dhs800ymRKkAvHL9c041PIuDmIqoD2iRLsKnTEOW_wf9qXUi4wam4BGi5Af5bLqJGoOkVUHaIrpWMlGK0cw1cXH1_PXwff3KIL/s960/126367419_10158540929250180_7651857512600650306_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7wvlpGgPcc4nStNzLg2p2XAyYDmjG1Qga3IwE9QVP3dhs800ymRKkAvHL9c041PIuDmIqoD2iRLsKnTEOW_wf9qXUi4wam4BGi5Af5bLqJGoOkVUHaIrpWMlGK0cw1cXH1_PXwff3KIL/s320/126367419_10158540929250180_7651857512600650306_n.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The
brewery, with three tracks, is the largest industry on the line.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I
use a simple homemade card system to determine which industries get switched
during each session.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Over
the past few weeks I’ve been troubleshooting the layout, getting things ready
for scenery and ballasting. (There's still lots to be done to the buildings, including some repair.)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Unlike
my previous layout, which featured a busy mainline with perfect track (or as
perfect as I could make it), a little unevenness, crookedness and
rocking-and-rolling by the train is perfectly acceptable on the Gateway Spur!</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUUCPdEOjgD-74hBBYjy4DMSd2QOz2VQRyAe9sij5XXvCuZB3LcYXJwV81RlmQeD9NMylNsFszMzSh2ZtSdgMhBZHv5yJct6hpeTsYGoYnS_EnqH9VoYqTaDKhc8nkFMLVo_5gXhoDyY3/s960/126504997_10158540929355180_743193840115940342_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUUCPdEOjgD-74hBBYjy4DMSd2QOz2VQRyAe9sij5XXvCuZB3LcYXJwV81RlmQeD9NMylNsFszMzSh2ZtSdgMhBZHv5yJct6hpeTsYGoYnS_EnqH9VoYqTaDKhc8nkFMLVo_5gXhoDyY3/s320/126504997_10158540929355180_743193840115940342_n.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">One
thing I haven’t decided yet is whether I will bother with a backboard for a blue
sky. One of the compromises with “management” was going with the preferred
colour for the room (green). I might get software that enables me to add a sky
to photos. We’ll see.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Also,
the fascia will be painted a green trim different from the wall colour. That
will have to wait until its safe to go to a paint store again. (We are in code
red lockdown in Winnipeg now.)</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNeWhTiADyHeNYzgFfz_aYn_yzGDoS8SPSDALdecu4qTQ_mWR69VPv_jCRPNdLs5JvRG_NGYRw9sTfpYWrQbWHBxmHKTjEEB5kAtrhYw2CwSmdNpJ2Ml2LFdz_Yx-McmkA-kh2TPe70Ir/s960/126333431_10158540929090180_1495318499281740716_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNeWhTiADyHeNYzgFfz_aYn_yzGDoS8SPSDALdecu4qTQ_mWR69VPv_jCRPNdLs5JvRG_NGYRw9sTfpYWrQbWHBxmHKTjEEB5kAtrhYw2CwSmdNpJ2Ml2LFdz_Yx-McmkA-kh2TPe70Ir/s320/126333431_10158540929090180_1495318499281740716_n.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">But I’m
in no rush to finish anything; with such a small layout (compared to my earlier
one, which filled the room and took decades to complete), it would be too easy
to complete things. And then what?</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Slow
as she goes is the watchword; sort of like how trains operate on the Gateway Sub.</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And
maybe a bit of rocking and swaying, too.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJY2cTdZ3XeXmbp_fUHy7W7B4ICrWp5zSnUWlxgfSzqDRXbmuqrPNKBgRcT7IWdy4wAsRQ_RoiLhdXnuc8Ham20gWc2MFziIbBkaXqFP5is7tqwfKSuS6TACDkhNzDz7gPP97F5Kk4dcGe/s960/127216236_10158540929505180_8308664556726277362_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJY2cTdZ3XeXmbp_fUHy7W7B4ICrWp5zSnUWlxgfSzqDRXbmuqrPNKBgRcT7IWdy4wAsRQ_RoiLhdXnuc8Ham20gWc2MFziIbBkaXqFP5is7tqwfKSuS6TACDkhNzDz7gPP97F5Kk4dcGe/s320/127216236_10158540929505180_8308664556726277362_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLEMQ5Ies-igDxgKH0Fh46QLDvXkdXJRY_PeWjAyo34ofGLiYCMRl_5pBFyTFGz0eS2JBS3cCFfwInFg1ryka4t7OWpLNAXsEh_6qVDhAKpDBugtNxc3ACI40CakzHN-NU2jUB1xzpDEw/s320/126516722_10158530011695180_4542839584067225559_n.jpg" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-62490344665259776342020-08-07T20:23:00.002-07:002020-08-07T20:23:13.853-07:00Rewind: York Railway Modellers, a Great Canadian Model Railroad: <p><i>As I wrote earlier, this pandemic has got me down. It's hard to work on the layout, or come up with fresh content for the blog. But I have lots of interesting content from years past which could be shared again, like this post from 2012. Enjoy! </i></p><div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1884843128890967719" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KbKnvafwY7Y/TlkwZ1A4Z0I/AAAAAAAABP8/UHf5Ve4_SBs/s1600/York4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #999999; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KbKnvafwY7Y/TlkwZ1A4Z0I/AAAAAAAABP8/UHf5Ve4_SBs/s320/York4.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Another great Canadian model railroad I had the pleasure of helping to get published is</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="http://www.yorkrailwaymodellers.ca/index.htm" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">York Railway Modellers.</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-euLGlB0YJBg/Tlkwg8mNcHI/AAAAAAAABQA/Xwy0O7-4VjM/s1600/York2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #999999; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-euLGlB0YJBg/Tlkwg8mNcHI/AAAAAAAABQA/Xwy0O7-4VjM/s320/York2.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The club, which is located in Toronto, started in 1992. The HO scale layout combines CNR and CPR mainline and wayfreight operation in southern Ontario between 1953-57.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fBnpC1aWHEk/TlkyFiatrZI/AAAAAAAABQE/4EumsRAdfCw/s1600/York11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #999999; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fBnpC1aWHEk/TlkyFiatrZI/AAAAAAAABQE/4EumsRAdfCw/s320/York11.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The layout is over 1,600 square feet in area and has around 11 scale miles of mainline track. It features two major yards and eight towns. 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A total of 25 people are required to operate it properly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VCVYHgJ4KPo/TlkyT_vAD7I/AAAAAAAABQM/JTPHLshYo78/s1600/York.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #999999; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="201" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VCVYHgJ4KPo/TlkyT_vAD7I/AAAAAAAABQM/JTPHLshYo78/s320/York.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Today the club has finished all the trackwork and 95 percent of the wiring; work on scenery is a continuing project.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lmJkwpaoFHk/TlkydvMcXOI/AAAAAAAABQQ/AlzGnZQ0_7Y/s1600/York13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #999999; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lmJkwpaoFHk/TlkydvMcXOI/AAAAAAAABQQ/AlzGnZQ0_7Y/s320/York13.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 4px;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;" /><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">York Railway Modellers was featured in Canadian Railway Modeller Train 7 Track 4. Photos from the club’s website and Scott Reid.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="http://www.yorkrailwaymodellers.ca/index.htm" style="color: #999999; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Click here</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">to visit their website. 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many other things during the pandemic, the Gateway Spur has been shut down.</span></div>
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the real world, it wasn’t loss of traffic or customers or supplies or even to
prevent the transmission of the virus.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was simple loss of interest and energy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not like I wasn’t busy at other things; as a religion reporter for my local
newspaper, my work continued unabated as I reported about the impact of the
pandemic on faith groups.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
the little NGO I work part-time for had to do all sorts of recalibrations to
adjust to the new reality.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also started biking more, an hour or so each evening to stay fit and keep my
mind off the loss of so many things because of the (stupid) pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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read 8 or 9 books—a record for me. In normal times, it can take me a month to
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in other ways, the pandemic really weighed on me. Sports, concerts, festivals
and so many other events all cancelled. Even if I was never going to go to or
take in them all, I felt their absence keenly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was a sort of existential loss, a void that seems to last forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This
lack of energy carried over to model railroading, I found it hard to be
motivated to do anything on the layout. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For me,
the energy for the hobby just wasn’t there. Or for this blog, which I haven’t updated
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know some haven’t. People like Jason Shron of Rapido Trains has used the time
at home productively to make some brilliant scenery on this layout. </span></div>
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three kids busy at home at the same time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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higher-risk age group for catching the virus, Kevin Day stayed inside completed
two kits he bought about 35 years ago. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">As for me, maybe things will change in fall modelling-wise. Summer always was a slow time, anyway. Perhaps things will be different in the fall for the pandemic and my energy. We can only hope.</span></div>
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spring, the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club sometimes has a layout hop—visiting local
layouts. Since we can do that during the pandemic, how about a virtual hop? I’ve
assembled a list of links to Winnipeg layouts featured on my blog.</span></div>
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good thing about a virtual layout hop is no driving between layouts, or trying
to choose which ones to see based on time available. And best of all, even
though many of these layouts no longer exist they can still be visited this
way. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up is <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2012/07/great-canadian-model-railroad-northland.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Arnold Walker’s HO scale Northland Route,</span> </a></b>which
was one of the premiere layouts in the city. And because there is so much to
see on Arnold’s layout, you may need more time. So <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2012/07/more-northland-route-great-canadian.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">take a second look</span> <span style="color: blue;">at the Northland Route.</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that, let’s head over to <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2012/05/end-of-line-for-central-northern.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">George Meyer’s O Scale Central Northern Subdivision.</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span></b>George was in N and HO
scales before settling on O scale and making this fabulous layout. He passed
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Back
to HO scale <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-canadian-model-railroad-carson.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">with The</span> <span style="color: blue;">Carson and Cobourg, </span></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>a
layout build by two friends—Marvin Fetch and Vern Gibson. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2015/08/great-canadian-model-railroad-carson.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">let’s go visit a great HO scale CPR</span> <span style="color: blue;">transition era layout</span></a></b><span style="color: blue;"> </span>built by brothers Walter and
Ed Pankratz. And <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2014/04/return-visit-to-great-canadian-lone.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">maybe you want a second look.</span></a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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visit to layouts in Winnipeg is complete without going to fall in Pennsylvania!
That’s the theme of <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2012/12/great-canadian-model-railroad-fall-in.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Ron Loewen’s</span> <span style="color: blue;">O scale layout</span>,</a></b> built in a room above his garage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Miller Creek Forestry Museum layout started life in B.C., but now makes its
home in Winnipeg. <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2012/02/great-canadian-model-railroad-miller.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Take a look at</span> <span style="color: blue;">this amazing ON30 layout!</span></a><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wonder
what a layout built on four levels looks like? One that goes all around a
basement, including through a bedroom and rec room? Then you<b> <a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2009/10/cougar-river-subdivisiongone-but-not.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">have to stop by Ken Epp’s Cougar River Subdivision!</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span></b>Ken passed away in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If four
levels isn’t enough, what about five? <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2015/04/great-model-railroad-twin-lakes.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">You can’t miss Ray Goy’s Twin Lakes Terminal & Transfer Railroad</span>,</a> </b>a
monster layout on five levels that completely (and I mean completely) filled
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it’s spring, <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2013/09/last-ride-on-assiniboine-valley-railway.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">maybe the Assiniboine Valley Railway is in operation</span></a></b><span style="color: blue;">!</span> Nothing like a ride on Bill
Taylor’s 7.5 inch AVR—the route of the hazelnuts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a treat, visit one of the oldest home layouts in the city: <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2013/12/winnipegs-oldest-home-layout-gone.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Don McKinnon’s Malamute & Klondike.</span></a></b> It was in the same house for 63 years
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I suppose not layout hop in Winnipeg would be complete without a visit to my
own layout, </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/search/label/Layout%20Overview" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">the Manitoba & Minnesota Sub.</span></a></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #222222;">, or my </span><b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/search/label/Thompson%20River%20Canyon" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">N scale Thompson River Canyon</span></a></b><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">hollow core door layout.</span></div>
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-64479728233226247852020-03-08T14:11:00.003-07:002020-03-08T14:19:25.684-07:00Great Help for Designing and Building a Shelf Layout<br />
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Model RR Layouts</span></a><span style="color: blue;">,</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/410744429306007/"><span style="color: blue;">HO
Scale Shelf</span> <span style="color: blue;">Layouts</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span></b>and<b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1073658332802559/"><span style="color: blue;">Shelf Layouts,</span> <span style="color: blue;">Switching
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group is for anyone who doesn’t have a spare room or basement to devote to a
layout. (Which isn’t me, but they still let me join.) People don’t need a
layout to participate. </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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defines a shelf layout as something that utilizes a narrow shelf of various
depths and may or may not be supported by legs. It is linear in design and could
be around the room or along the walls. (That is more like what I am doing.)</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And Shelf Layouts, Switching Layouts and Layouts for Small Spaces is pretty much just what it says in the title.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">First,
it reminded me again of how great these Facebook groups are (even if you, like
me, am ambivalent about Facebook and its growing power over our lives).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Unlike model railroad magazines, which only show the best layouts in North
America (or other countries), Facebook groups are open to anyone of any skill. You
get to see such a wide variety of modelling, from beginner to expert. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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model railroad magazines devote their precious real estate (pages) to finished
layouts—you aren’t going to see lots of photos of layouts under construction.
But Facebook enables people to post photos at all stages of the process. You
can learn a lot by seeing benchwork!</span></div>
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post plans and suggestions on the Micro/Small Layouts group.</span></div>
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groups (there may be others) have been very helpful and inspiring to me as I
created my new Gateway Spur, an HO scale switching layout. You might enjoy them,
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new layout has a name: The Gateway Spur.</span></div>
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took it from the name of the main road that runs near my home. It follows the
original line of the CPR when it first came to Winnipeg in the late 1800s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-live-in-winnipeg-manitoba-city.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">As I wrote earlier on this blog</span></a></b> about how the CPR came to Winnipeg, until 1881 the CPR planned to cross the Red River
at Selkirk, north of the city of Winnipeg. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Winnipeg business community, realizing that being bypassed by the railway
would turn their city into a backwater, made the CPR an offer it couldn’t
refuse—tax free land. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So,
Gateway Spur it is. (Even if, in real life,<b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2018/06/more-memories-of-marconi-spur.html" target="_blank"> <span style="color: blue;">the line became the Marconi Spur</span></a><span style="color: blue;"> </span></b>before the rails were lifted and the right-of-way turned into a walking and
cycling path.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by three staging tracks, the Spur is a simple line, serving seven industries and a team track. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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most recent version finds me assembling a train from the two-track yard (based
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to drop off and pick up seven cars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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So far, so good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it’s a good start to 2020, and for the Gateway Spur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
August, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2019/08/empty-room-or-end-of-line-until-next.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">I closed the chapter</span></a></b><span style="color: blue;"> </span>on the M & M Sub.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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25 years, the large double-deck layout was no more, save for an L-shaped
portion of the old upper deck that I planned to use for a switching layout.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time is pre-1989, so I finally have a prototypical reason to use by two Rapido
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layout serves seven industries, including a transloading facility (team-type
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quite a change from the large double-deck M & M Sub., with its 230-foot mainline,
two levels, large yard, controls for four operators, and trains of 18-20 cars
plus two or three locomotives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
I am enjoying it, especially the building part. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">There’s
still lots to do; the layout looks a mess right now without any ground cover.
And there’s lots of tweaking and fine-tuning to do, plus adding scenery and
backdrops and fixing the structures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But
so far, the little layout is doing exactly what I hoped: Rekindling my
enthusiasm and interest in the hobby—which had waned over the past few years
when I finished my previous layout.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other words, there’s a reason to go back into the basement again . . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-10317230375511891372019-11-10T11:08:00.001-08:002019-11-11T08:16:55.248-08:00Goodbye to Stoney Hill Yard<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Stoney Hill Yard on display.</i></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">By 1996 I had completed <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2013/01/great-canadian-model-railroad-in-england.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Stoney Hill Yard</span><span style="color: black;">,</span></a></b> a portable exhibition layout 16-feet long with a fiddle yard
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 2017 Stoney Hill Yard was exhibited for the last time. After that, it
gathered dust in my father-in-law’s garage since space in my workshop was taken
up by my new layout, <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2017/07/chris-rounds-atherley-narrows-another.html"><span style="color: blue;">Atherley
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">First, a couple of fellow members at our model railway club recently
died. I helped their wives dismantle their layouts and sort through a lifetime
of collected models, books and other railway paraphernalia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The sheer amount of stuff made it difficult for the wives and I thought
that I would not want my family to have to sort through all of my possessions
in similar circumstances. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I was also struck by the large number of uncompleted or even unopened
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It caused me to start
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Second, my father-in-law is now 90 years-old and mobility is an issue
for him. The layout in his garage was an additional obstacle to manoeuvre
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I won’t pretend making the first move to demolish the layout was not
difficult. But now that it’s gone, I do feel like a bit of the burden has been
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the end, it’s better not to hold onto everything. We need to let go
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Plus, I still have two exhibition layouts and a workshop full of stuff,
and hopefully at least 20 years ahead of me to slim it all down—so my family is
not faced with sorting out a complete mess when I go.</span></div>
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<b><i>which is still going strong.</i></b></td></tr>
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isn’t the only modeller making war-themed layouts. <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.gaugemaster.com/articles/guides/trench-railways.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Find more here.</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">For other posts on this blog about railways and war, <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/search/label/Remembrance" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">click here.</span></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Information and some photos from</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.model-rail.co.uk/layout-gallery/2018/10/23/amiens-1918-mr254" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Model</span> <span style="color: blue;">Rail magazine. </span></a></span></b></div>
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-241399643315181032019-11-03T14:29:00.001-08:002019-11-03T20:28:46.540-08:00Saving and Moving a Layout: The David Lee Model Railroad Story<br />
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Lee, Master Model
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In 2015, due to health and age, it
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Before Lee moved, <i>Hamilton Spectator</i> columnist Paul Wilson
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At the same time the article appeared, Dr. John Kelton was looking for a layout to occupy a public space in the new David Braley Health Sciences Centre in that city.</div>
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Friends of Kelton, knowing he was
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"I went into the basement and gasped," Kelton told the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Spectator.</i> "The amount of work that
has gone into that ... I've never seen anything so joyously creative."<o:p></o:p></div>
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He immediately
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That’s where the Dundas
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">David Lee</span><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">passed away</span></b><span style="color: blue;"> J</span>anuary 19, 2019 at the age of 84.
Fortunately, he was able to see his layout in its new home before he died.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In 2015, Mert
Hambly, the former superintendent of the Dundas Modular Railway Club, told club
members they had an opportunity to help move and put back together David Lee’s layout at
the Centre. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Many members were skeptical;
how do you take down a layout that had existed in a basement for 40 years and
put it back together? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Despite misgivings,
the club decided to get involved. In April 2015 work crews went to David’s
house and started the process. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Before describing
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In David's case, he planned the layout as part of the new family home when it was constructed in
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In the basement, David
had the block work of the outside walls installed with 2-inch slots at the
3-foot level. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When it came time
to start the railroad, he inserted 2'' x 5’’ lumber into the slots on three
walls and built the shelf layout on this base. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On the fourth wall
he used an open frame/girder type benchwork and used L-girder benchwork for an
island in the middle of the room. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The layout was
constructed of a combination of solid plywood for the largely flat areas and
risers and subbase in other areas. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Prior to
dismantling, numerous photos and videos were taken of the layout. Then the work
began. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anything that
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Since the layout
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In January 2016
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The plans from the architects showed
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On November 3,
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Three trains can be operated, started by push buttons.
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It has been an
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See a video of the
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For a story about
another layout that was moved, <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2012/10/now-thats-way-to-move-layout.html"><span style="color: blue;">click
here</span></a></b><span style="color: blue;"> </span>to see photos and read about how Harry Clark’s Indian Creek Valley—located
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an earlier post, <b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2019/10/behind-scenes-at-st-jacobs-and.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">I wrote about my behind-the-scenes </span></a></b>visit to the St. Jacobs and
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hope that doesn’t happen. The club will need to renegotiate their lease next
year; I hope that all goes well, and it can continue to bring the transition era
in southern Ontario alive for many more years to come.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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enjoy the photos! For more photos and info about the layout, check out these
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-88055978782471833742019-10-27T20:40:00.001-07:002019-10-28T17:06:57.063-07:00Behind the Scenes at the St. Jacobs and Aberfoyle Model Railway<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s been seven years since I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2012/05/last-look-at-aberfoyle-junction.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">first saw the Aberfoyle Junction O scale layout</span></a></b>—one of Canada’s finest
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long-time location near Guelph, Ont. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it is located in nearby St. Jacobs, Ont., its home since 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-36150905996642051482019-10-09T18:43:00.000-07:002019-10-09T18:49:05.049-07:00Manitoba Mega-Train Show, 2019 (Plus More Great Modelling from Echo Valley in Regina)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When I helped run the show,
we always wished for bad weather. It kept people closer to home and away from
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Since
I had just taken my layout down a couple months earlier, I really wasn’t in the
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">Jeff told me he was thinking of adding additional items to the scene. But then he <b><a href="https://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2018/10/a-simple-scene.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">read my post from last year about this clean and simple scene, </span></a></b>and how much I liked it, and decided to leave it as is. I’m glad he did!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It reminded me of the<b><a href="https://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-mountain-pine-beetle-and-making.html" target="_blank"> <span style="color: blue;">realistic scene of a forest</span> <span style="color: blue;">killed by pine beetles</span></a></b><span style="color: blue;"> </span>on the Thunder Creek modular layout from Moose Jaw. (What is it with these great Saskatchewan layouts, anyway?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Anyway,
as usual it was a great show. My thanks goes to the organizers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Of course, the best place to do that is on The Canadian, traveling across Canada. But if you can't do it on a real train, you can still do it in a stationary passenger car in Winnipeg at the <b><a href="https://restogare.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Resto Gare</span> </a></b>in St. Boniface.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">That's what I recently did with my wife (for our anniversary).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Resto Gare is located in the former St. Boniface railway station, built in </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">1913-14 for the Canadian Northern Railway
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition to the renovated station, the restaurant features fine dining in former CNoR passenger car #9647.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Built by Canadian Car &
Foundry in 1914, it </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">was
acquired by the CNR in 1921. It became sleeping
car #1458 “Trenton” in 1953.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It
finished its service as CNR mechanical instruction car #15022.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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don’t know how or when it got to Resto Gare, but I do know I always ask to be seated in it when we visit the restaurant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In the early years they may have been immigrants, newly arrived in Canada and filled with hope and
trepidation as they headed west to new lives in a new land. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Later, they may have been vacationers, going east and west across the country and enjoying the fine accommodations the railway provided.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And now they are people looking for a fine meal, with some train ambience on the side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So if
you like trains, and find yourself in Winnipeg in need of a fine meal, <b><a href="https://restogare.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Resto Gare</span></a></b> is a
great choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-65488180767567471972019-08-26T08:56:00.002-07:002019-08-26T10:15:21.175-07:00Great Canadian Model Railroad: Christopher Balestri’s Etobicoke Central Railway<br />
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Balestri has always been interested in the 1970s and 80s, so it’s no wonder the
Etobicoke Central Railways is set in that timeframe.</span></div>
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always had such a fascination with that timeframe ever since I was a kid,” says
Christopher. “Studying slides and photographs [from that era] is a fascination
of mine.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It was
enhanced by the large amount of railway activity in west end Toronto, where he
was born and raised—places like Lambton Yard, the Junction, the Stock Yards,
Kipling and the Obico spur. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">“Modelling
snippets of those locations truly keeps those memories alive for me,” he says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Situated
in a 16 by 33-foot room, the single-level “protolanced” layout is set in
Toronto, mostly from the west end of the city.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are portions that are prototypically accurate but are combined with fictional
aspects,” says Christopher, explaining the protolance idea. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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look and style however is consistent and reflective of 1970s-80s Toronto.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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started construction on the layout in 2013. It’s about 35% complete, “with a
long ways to go,” he says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Railways
on the ECR include CN, CP Rail, GO Transit and VIA, with a bit of TH&B as
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computer control unit which ties into the Zephyr command station, allowing operation
of the layout through JMRI software. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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operations are carried out primarily through order cards and occupation lists.
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being modelled is late summer-early autumn. Christopher uses commercial
products for the majority of his scenery, but also mixes in real materials such
as sand and soil to the base layers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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buildings on the layout are kits from DPM, Walthers and Atlas. They are slightly
modified, with many featuring detailed interior scenes with lighting and
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benchwork is made up of 4 x 4 table frames bolted together. By using bolts and
screws, the layout can easily be disassembled and moved, Christopher say, yet it
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can see more of the Etobicoke Central Railways on YouTube, Instagram or in <a href="http://pub.lucidpress.com/OfftheTracks4/#-TgiVp8dXrGZ" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Off The Tracks, December, 2018 issue.</span></b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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a video of the layout, and read more, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blog.metrolinx.com/2019/07/11/the-model-railroad-collector-a-family-passion-picking-up-steam/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">on MetroLinx News.</span></a></b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-6135352664059359872019-08-08T14:55:00.000-07:002019-08-11T09:50:52.055-07:00Empty Room, or The End of the Line (Until the Next Layout)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">All
that’s left is an empty room, some piles of lumber in the garage (awaiting a
friend who will pick it up for his new layout), and memories—lots of memories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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told, it took about a week and a bit, not full-time, to take it down. The last pieces
were disassembled yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unscrewing the layout, I had a few thoughts. Starting with, why did my younger
self use so many %&$#@*&#! screws!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">One
thing for sure: That old layout was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">solid.</i>
It was never going to fall down. If two screws were good, my younger self
thought three were better. Four was pure bliss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Second,
I’m glad I (mostly) followed the time-proven advice to screw up from the
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for one or two places where I clearly lost my mind, all the screws were easy to
find (although not always easy to get at with this getting-older body).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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down you are going to have to pull up someday. Don’t make it too hard on
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my case, I didn’t use any glue, except for diluted white glue to hold down the
cork, track and ballast. When it dried, I removed the track nails. It never
moved for 25 years—I consider that a win.</span></div>
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of all, taking it up was (mostly) a breeze. Spray with water and then pull the
track out of the ballast. Except for a few pieces of cork that clearly didn’t
want to leave, it came up easily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the shop vac is your friend! There was a lot of ballast on the floor and on the
layout after the track was removed. But the shop vac was up to the task.</span></div>
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it’s great to have a friend who can use the lumber. I’d hate to see it go into
the dump. Since much of the wood was in my first layout, that means it will be
part of three layouts, at least—maybe more.</span></div>
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I’m in the dreaming stage for my next effort, a 17 by 21 foot L-shaped shelf
switching layout. The old layout is barely down and I’m already dreaming . . .
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-20084976681004330692019-07-30T19:10:00.000-07:002019-07-30T19:10:05.779-07:00Obituary for a Model Railroad<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>If an obituary was written for a model railroad, like it is for a person,
what might it look like? Maybe like this.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota Subdivision,
1994-2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
a long and healthy life, the CP Rail Manitoba & Minnesota Subdivision passed
away on July 19, 2019. It was 25 years-old.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Born
in 1994, the double-deck layout filled a 17 by 21-foot room in a Winnipeg,
Manitoba basement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Basically complete by 2010, it was then significantly altered when the c</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">entral peninsula—which featured
three-levels of tracks—was dismantled and reduced to a single level.</span></div>
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remained in that state until this year, when plans to move in a year or two resulted
in it being taken apart. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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its lifetime, the M & M Sub. was honoured by being featured in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Canadian Railway Modeller </i>(several times),
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Railroad Model Craftsman </i>(twice) and
once in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Model Railroader</i> (about its
unique use of tree bark for rocks). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Information
and photos about it was also included in two Kalmbach how-to books by Tony Koester:
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Model Railroading from Prototype to
Layout</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Designing and Building
Multi-Deck Layouts.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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addition to being part of many open houses sponsored by the Winnipeg Model
Railroad Club (WMRC), the layout was also on the tour schedule for the 2000 NMRA
Thousand Lakes Region Millennium Express, the 2005 Golden Rails national convention
(marking the fiftieth anniversary of the WMRC), and the 2010 NMRA
Thousand Lakes Region Steam on the Prairies convention. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It
was also featured on a blog of the same name, and is featured <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/jdl562000/videos" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">on a YouTube channel</span></a></b>
with dozens of videos about the layout. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
layout was not without its eccentricities. At a time when most everyone else is
using DCC, it remained committed—some might say stuck in the past—to DC (Dinosaur
Control).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also wasn’t embarrassed to use Athearn “blue box” locomotives, even if it was
more likely in recent times to find units from Kato, Rapido, Atlas and more
modern Athearn pulling trains.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was similar for rolling stock. Although higher quality items from Atlas,
InterMountain, Accurail and others were found in consists, so too were offerings
from Athearn “Blue Box,” Roundhouse/MDC, Lionel, Tyco and Bachmann—with new
wheels (if required) and weathering. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">One </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">thing the M & M Sub. really enjoyed was having people over, especially children. Nothing beat seeing a kid’s eyes light up when he or she was handed a controller
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its lifetime, the layout provided much enjoyment and satisfaction for its owner,
and hopefully for many of his friends. It will be missed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by the CP Rail Grimm Valley Sub. (1988-1994), the M & M Sub. is survived by a few hundred of pieces of rolling stock and locomotives, several hundred feet of
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sand mandalas come from the Tibetan Buddhist
tradition. Monks and devotees spend weeks or months creating them, making amazingly
intricate images out of millions of grains of coloured sand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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material life.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">As I wrote back then, and am living now, a
model railroad will not last forever. That includes the M & M Sub., which
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And that, not to sound all eastern and mystical,
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carefully laid track, ballasted, planted trees, erected buildings and so many
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will mourn its loss. But I will also remember the times spent building it, and
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-74317418054945447362019-07-24T07:21:00.000-07:002019-07-24T07:21:42.605-07:00New Home for Former Virginia Central (ex-CPR) 4-6-2 Locomotives: Winnipeg!<br />
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as a practical matter it is not yet possible to work on them the way we had to
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would be completely re-tubed. Beyond that, though, a thorough inspection would
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to leave up a section of the upper level along two walls to build a small industrial
shelf layout; got to have something to work on!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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house, when I tool down my 12 x 18 CP Rail Grimm Valley Sub.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Interestingly, as the photo above shows, it was almost 25 years ago to the week that my first layout had its last run.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><a href="http://cprailmmsub.blogspot.com/2010/12/going-going-gone.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">And in 2010 I tore </span><span style="color: blue;">down the three-level centre peninsula</span></a></b> of my current layout, a
several-year process to create a single level portion in the middle of the
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now, after 25 years, the whole layout is disappearing. It’s sad, but it’s also
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Truth
is, I’ve been spending less and less time in the layout room of late. I always
enjoyed running trains from time to time. But those times had become less
frequent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So I’ve
been preparing myself psychologically for this day for a number of months. Doesn’t
make it any easier, but it helps with the resolve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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preparation for the tear-down, I had some friends over for a last time. Then,
on July 19, I did a final run—just me and my memories as I watched a train traverse
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-79555019410492384662019-06-29T14:47:00.000-07:002019-06-29T14:47:28.158-07:00A Grand Time in Grand Forks—North Dakota and British Columbia<br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">June found me visiting Grand Forks—North Dakota, and B.C.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Grand Forks, ND is home to a busy BNSF mainline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Grand Forks, BC, is home to the Grand Forks Railway, a
very short shortline—just 3.7 miles.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">While in North Dakota, I took a few shots of BNSF power near
the old roundhouse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">While the BNSF is well-known, the GFR is probably unknown
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<span style="color: #222222;">It operates former CPR trackage in its namesake town in
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<span style="color: #222222;">The GFR was created in 1993 after the CPR abandoned the
line connecting Grand Forks to Castlegar to the east in 1991.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">Today it is owned today by International Forest Products,
which owns the mill the railway serves, and the Regional District of Kootenay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">At the time of my visit, #6703 was partially under a
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<br />JDL56http://www.blogger.com/profile/02372225959736999719noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723635728039107400.post-91090334600116691142019-06-16T13:39:00.000-07:002019-06-16T18:45:45.348-07:00Great Canadian Model Railroad: Mike Lisowski's N Scale CN in Neepawa, Manitoba<br />
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Mike Lisowski, it’s prairie branchlines that captured his interest.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In particular, Mike is modelling CN operations in summer, 1980 in the
Manitoba town of Neepawa, located about two hours northwest of Winnipeg.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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model railroad that measures 2 feet wide by 17 feet long.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The layout doesn’t have staging, but a train can disappear into a hidden
trench behind the scenery, reappearing as coming from the opposite direction.</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk11588705"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></div>
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simulated typewritten orders governing trains and switch lists.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ninety percent of the buildings are
scratchbuilt, including both elevators and their annexes/sheds, the big coal
dealer’s shed, Sherritt Fertilizers, and the biggest feature on the layout, the
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528 individually cut pieces of strip styrene. It is finished with a five-step
painting process to look like wood (a mix of treated and untreated timbers).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Mike’s plan is for it to eventually be supported by built-in cabinetry.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">For track, Mike uses a mix of Atlas and Micorengineering code 55 flextrack and
Microengineering code 55 #6 turnouts. Seventy-five percent of the track is
laid.</span></div>
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Mike is modelling. As a result, there are few Canadian government cylindrical grain
hoppers since they could not run beyond Neepawa in 1980 (due to light rail
restrictions).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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rolling stock is mostly Intermountain 40-foot grain boxcars, and a few covered
hoppers, along with Microtrains and Roundhouse boxcars and Microtrains
bulkhead flats. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk11588705;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mike did two years of research and planning before
beginning construction. This included amassing aerial photos taken during the
modelled timeline, research of photos of the rail yard and talking with retired
train crews. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is not the first
N scale layout Mike has built. He used to have a large 21 by 26 foot layout
that started out as the Union Pacific between Cheyenne and Laramie WY before he
converted it to the Saskatchewan prairies (the CN Central Butte Sub. west of
Moose Jaw).</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk11588705;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">This included
scratchbuilding a GMD-1 in N scale, 20 years before Rapido made one
commercially. It required parts from five units, so Mike is happy Rapido came
along!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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layout—which was almost complete—was dismantled and most of the equipment sold
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Canadian Model Railroad is the result.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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