04-04-2011, 03:53 PM
Howard, I was just going back over some of the newer threads that I had looked at when they first appeared, but not so much lately as I have been busy with some scratch-building (yes, I'm documenting with photos ...) and having fun watching Gary's backdrop progress into a thing of beauty. When I was reviewing this thread and saw ...
... I had to let you know that should you ever get down to the Ft. Myers, Florida area ... let me know you are coming and we'll see if we can't arrange a visit to the Scale Rails of Southwest Florida model railroad club that I now belong to! We have that run (although somewhat abbreviated,) on the "Joint Line" from Denver through Castle Rock, Palmer Lake and then on to Colorado Spings, and into Pueblo, Colorado (all on the lower level) before hitting the helix up to Victorville, Ca and the "Division One" run over Cajon Pass and on into San Bernardino on the upper level. Our time period is a bit earlier than your dream ... we model the period between 1950 and 1969, so there is still some big steam but the diesels are definitely taking over.
Anyhow, should you be planning some vacation time down here on the Gulf Coast of South Florida, let me know!
hyawn Wrote:... My dream layout will be the Joint Line between Denver and Palmer Lake CO in 1989. By modeling that area I can include the Rio Grande (my other favorite RR) and the Burlington Northern. ... Howard
... I had to let you know that should you ever get down to the Ft. Myers, Florida area ... let me know you are coming and we'll see if we can't arrange a visit to the Scale Rails of Southwest Florida model railroad club that I now belong to! We have that run (although somewhat abbreviated,) on the "Joint Line" from Denver through Castle Rock, Palmer Lake and then on to Colorado Spings, and into Pueblo, Colorado (all on the lower level) before hitting the helix up to Victorville, Ca and the "Division One" run over Cajon Pass and on into San Bernardino on the upper level. Our time period is a bit earlier than your dream ... we model the period between 1950 and 1969, so there is still some big steam but the diesels are definitely taking over.
Anyhow, should you be planning some vacation time down here on the Gulf Coast of South Florida, let me know!
biL
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"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln