12-19-2011, 09:35 AM
I’m new here, I’ll take this thread as a presentation opportunities.
Since I’ve been posting here few days ago, most people must think I’m a CPR guy, which isn’t true! ;-)
My layout is a shared venture between 3 individuals, one being a real train conductor (his advices are invaluable).
Time frame is late 1950’s, exactly September 1957. Why? Because most of the layout is designed using Insurance Maps of September 1957 (and it fits my interest). However, when operating, we stretch things a little bit to include second generation diesel engine. There’s still some early 1970’s stuff, but I’m working hard to exterminate it once for all. See this as a layout that depict the 1960’s, but with a possibility to run steam in late 50’s. This scenario helps us to run most locomotive types we like, in classic and modern paint scheme.
Railroads are Canadian National, Canadian Pacific and some National Harbour Board... and a very few left over from Quebec Railway Light & Power Company. Rolling stock is diverse, mainly focussed on grain, bulk commodities (cement, gravel, coal), wood, oil, dairies and manufactured goods. These were decided from the insurance maps telling us the name and purpose of each industry.
The layout is a condensed prototype focussing on Quebec City harbour and it’s eastern Murray Bay Subdivision. A previous layout depicted, in a faithful fashion, the harbour itself. It was interesting, but soon proved to be limited to run trains. The new reincarnation is more loosely based, but we kept the interesting points organized in a different fashion. The exact replication of the harbour was a nice idea, but making it works well would need more thinking that we did back then. Maybe... one day, this project will live again (I once started an exact scale replica of Harlem Station in NYC after seeing Shortliner's work... harbours have tremendous potential!).
Matt
Since I’ve been posting here few days ago, most people must think I’m a CPR guy, which isn’t true! ;-)
My layout is a shared venture between 3 individuals, one being a real train conductor (his advices are invaluable).
Time frame is late 1950’s, exactly September 1957. Why? Because most of the layout is designed using Insurance Maps of September 1957 (and it fits my interest). However, when operating, we stretch things a little bit to include second generation diesel engine. There’s still some early 1970’s stuff, but I’m working hard to exterminate it once for all. See this as a layout that depict the 1960’s, but with a possibility to run steam in late 50’s. This scenario helps us to run most locomotive types we like, in classic and modern paint scheme.
Railroads are Canadian National, Canadian Pacific and some National Harbour Board... and a very few left over from Quebec Railway Light & Power Company. Rolling stock is diverse, mainly focussed on grain, bulk commodities (cement, gravel, coal), wood, oil, dairies and manufactured goods. These were decided from the insurance maps telling us the name and purpose of each industry.
The layout is a condensed prototype focussing on Quebec City harbour and it’s eastern Murray Bay Subdivision. A previous layout depicted, in a faithful fashion, the harbour itself. It was interesting, but soon proved to be limited to run trains. The new reincarnation is more loosely based, but we kept the interesting points organized in a different fashion. The exact replication of the harbour was a nice idea, but making it works well would need more thinking that we did back then. Maybe... one day, this project will live again (I once started an exact scale replica of Harlem Station in NYC after seeing Shortliner's work... harbours have tremendous potential!).
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/