Trevor, Congratulations on your first year in S scale. I've enjoyed your
tales of change and accomplishments. It shows how to have fun and
get-it-done.Hope you have many more.
Gary Carmichael
In a message dated 8/29/2012 11:45:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Hi all:
A minor milestone in my S scale endeavour...
One year ago today, I picked a URL, a theme, some custom header photos and
started a blog about my plan to build a small segment of the Canadian
National Railway's Port Rowan branch in 1:64.
I have to be honest and admit I'm surprised at how much I've accomplished
in a year.
When I launched the blog I had a layout plan and some of the equipment I
needed... and that's about it. I had just confirmed that sufficient
equipment existed in S scale to do the Port Rowan branch justice, but I hadn't
yet
attained all the essentials. And I still had a previous layout to remove
from the train room.
In the 365 days since then, I've removed the old layout, prepped the room
and built all my benchwork… hand laid, wired and tested all of my track…
acquired all of my key pieces of motive power and rolling stock… installed
basic terrain across the entire layout and given most of it a first pass of
scenery… mocked up all of my structures… and hosted my first operating
sessions. I'm looking forward to what the coming year brings!
One of the greatest pleasures I've enjoyed over the past year is meeting
new people via the blog. Readers - many of whom are on this list - have
provided everything from encouragement and suggestions, to sources for
products
and historical information that is helping me build a better layout. To
them – you know who you are – my heartfelt thanks. It's been great meeting
you - mostly online, but even sometimes in person. I look forward to more
conversations.
- Trevor Marshall, Toronto
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Port Rowan in 1:64
An S scale model of a Canadian National
branch line terminal in Southern Ontario:
_http://themodelrailwayshow.com/cn1950s_
(http://themodelrailwayshow.com/cn1950s)
