Wasilla is even farther from Skagway, but it's YOUR railroad...Wasilla is close enough to Anchorage that ex-governor Palin wanted to stay there instead ofmoving to the assigned mansion in Juneau (but still charge the state for housing).Neither my late wife nor I voted for her...
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > Jace, > > It's great to get this information from a real Alaskan. > > While I prefer to re-create real scenes, the White Pass and Yukon is a neat > enough subject to make me `fudge' reality a little in order to include it. > > Once I complete the Valdez Terminal, I was already intending to build a > module extending the single track that ended at the top right of the reverse > `Z' and including a model of the Wasilla train station/Chamber of Commerce > (the building serves both purposes), the Alaska Museum of Transportation and > Industry (a railroad museum), the Iditarod headquarters, and the Mug Shot > Saloon. All these neat structures are actually located in Wasilla, making it > an excellent town to model. > > Now, I'll just `fudge' reality and give the WPY access to the Wasilla Station > as well, possibly even have the WPY line merge with the standard gauge line > and approach the station as dual gauge track before splitting away again. > > ~JJ~ > > > --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@...> wrote: > > > > > > Nope. The closest would probably be the Copper River and Northwestern, but > > close in Alaska is still pretty distant most other places. > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > General Manager > > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. (and still a legal > > resident of Fairbanks) > > > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > From: empirebuilderjjhill@... > > > Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 17:32:48 +0000 > > > Subject: {S-Scale List} Do any WPY lines pass near standard gauge lines? > > > > > > As I'm building my first module, which will feature a reverse `Z' shape > > > connection to a single track line, I continue to perfect the design of > > > the Valdez Terminal which will extend from the upper left corner of the > > > reverse `Z'. > > > > > > While talking about my module and my future plans with one of my friends > > > who models in HO, he suggested that, since I'm setting my module in > > > Alaska, that I include the White Pass and Yukon. What's interesting is > > > that he really likes the WPY and I've been suggesting for years that he > > > build some SN3 WPY equipment and operate it on his HO layout, but he has > > > yet to do this. > > > > > > I am intrigued by his idea of including the WPY, or at the very least a > > > section of WPL narrow gauge track that passes near the standard gauge > > > line. However, I can't seem to find a point along the WPL where this > > > actually occurs. > > > > > > Would any of you know of a location on the WPY where it passes near a > > > standard gauge line or, better yet, shares access to a facility like a > > > passenger station? > > > > > > Of course I'd like to base this on an actual location but, even if none > > > exists, I may still include this on a section of the single track > > > extending from the right point of the reverse `Z'. > > > > > > ~JJ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
