Hi Jace,
I recently finished the trackwork on my first module and am waiting to receive
a pair of custom kits from Keith Wiseman which I will use to build the Galt
Passenger Station, which was being used as a commuter station by the 1970's,
and the Galt Freight Station, which was being used as a reality office by the
`70's.
While waiting for these kits to arrive, I figured, I'd start manufacturing
trees for the module.
While most of my planned modules will be situated in Alaska, this module will
be the one to connect my Alaskan sections to the club's modular layout, which
is set in the lower-48. Therefore, while the "south western" and "south
eastern" ends of this 40 inch wide module will be in the lower-48, and the
single track running across the "northern" end of the module will be in Alaska,
the majority of this module will actually be in Canada, specifically Cambridge,
Ontario, which annexed the village of Galt.
According to what I've read and seen, the most common tree in both Alaska and
Canada is the white spruce, followed closely behind by the black spruce, with
an occasional rare Sitka Spruce along the Pacific coast.
Interestingly, I actually have a naturally planted, three year old, white
spruce growing in my front yard, despite supposedly being outside the range of
this tree.
>From what I've read, White Spruce regularly reach heights of 90 feet, with
>some topping out at 130 feet, Black Spruce regularly reach heights of 50 feet
>with some reaching 90 feet and Sitka Spruce can reach heights of 315 feet with
>most mature trees measuring over 200 feet in height.
Putting the Sitka aside for a moment, would you say that most trees in Alaska
and Canada range from 40-80 feet in height? I ask because, being used to the
8-foor (scale) pipe cleaner "Christmas Trees" the truck I cut for one of these
trees looks ridiculously large.
~James~
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