11-22-2013, 11:46 PM
Hi Folks!
Long time no see.!!!
Hedley-Junction is back on track after a few months hiatus. Late in summer, we hit the wall. The layout was going nowhere, lots of half-baked grand ideas made it confuse and honestly, we almost wanted to tear down everything... The break was a good idea. I kept myself far from trains and finally, my brain was able to think rationally about the layout.
Basically, the layout stay the same, with it's focus on 60-early 70s CNR and CPR activites in downtown Quebec City with a possibility to revert back to late 50s at will. The Bassin Louise part (with the huge grain elevator and track running along the shore is kept has is). But Hedley-Junction won't stay the same. Some industries have gone, trackage was reduced for better operation and best scene balance. The peninsula which we had no idea what to do with has now a purpose. It has been transformed in a CPR-CNR interchange known as Allenby. Pictures and updated track plan will follow in a next post. I think the layout is now more balanced and nearer to our original goal.
BTW, after 7 years, the club accumulated lots of now useless rolling stock, trackage and structures. We are thinking about getting rid of them to makes room. We would be interested in swapping items with fellow modellers. Rolling stock include many makers from Intermountain to old Athearn BB and Roundhouse cars. Trackage is mainly Atlas nickel silver code 100 turnouts and diamonds. All these things could be useful to many people, it's a shame to let them rot in storage. More details to come when the inventory will be done.
Matt
Long time no see.!!!
Hedley-Junction is back on track after a few months hiatus. Late in summer, we hit the wall. The layout was going nowhere, lots of half-baked grand ideas made it confuse and honestly, we almost wanted to tear down everything... The break was a good idea. I kept myself far from trains and finally, my brain was able to think rationally about the layout.
Basically, the layout stay the same, with it's focus on 60-early 70s CNR and CPR activites in downtown Quebec City with a possibility to revert back to late 50s at will. The Bassin Louise part (with the huge grain elevator and track running along the shore is kept has is). But Hedley-Junction won't stay the same. Some industries have gone, trackage was reduced for better operation and best scene balance. The peninsula which we had no idea what to do with has now a purpose. It has been transformed in a CPR-CNR interchange known as Allenby. Pictures and updated track plan will follow in a next post. I think the layout is now more balanced and nearer to our original goal.
BTW, after 7 years, the club accumulated lots of now useless rolling stock, trackage and structures. We are thinking about getting rid of them to makes room. We would be interested in swapping items with fellow modellers. Rolling stock include many makers from Intermountain to old Athearn BB and Roundhouse cars. Trackage is mainly Atlas nickel silver code 100 turnouts and diamonds. All these things could be useful to many people, it's a shame to let them rot in storage. More details to come when the inventory will be done.
Matt
Proudly modelling Quebec Railway Light & Power Company since 1997.
Hedley-Junction Club Layout: http://www.hedley-junction.blogspot.com/
Erie 149th Street Harlem Station http://www.harlem-station.blogspot.com/
Hedley-Junction Club Layout: http://www.hedley-junction.blogspot.com/
Erie 149th Street Harlem Station http://www.harlem-station.blogspot.com/