Hi Guys It's been a busy week since Scranton. Great show Jamie!
First, John Prior of Swindon, England, who attended the Scranton convention, followed that up with some railfanning in southern Ontario. At my invitation, he dropped by for a visit last Tuesday afternoon and stayed for supper. The photo shows him in the layout room where my Port Dover Module, which was part of our S Scale Workshop display at Scrantion, is back on its "L" girders awaiting re-installation. It was great to host John who possesses serious knowledge of North American railroading. It was also great fun to show our layout to an exclusively S scale crowd instead of the usual public train show. For one thing, we didn't have to explain the scale to anyone. Scranton was the last show my Port Dover and Culverhouse modules will be travelling to. They are now being permanently retired to my basement to anchor the home layout. Tasks ahead include detailing the hand painted backdrop behind the layout, stripping out some redundant or superfluous wiring, and repairing and upgrading some of the scenery which has had a hard life the last half dozen years. Particularly the trees Last night (FNF) I stood Culverhouse on its end and removed the grey Woodlands Scenics ballast. It was never a favourite colour of mine but conformed with our group specifications. I will now replace it with the pit run gravel ballast that is more typical of southern Ontario branchline railroading. I have committed to having my home layout on next year's NMRA, Niagara Frontier Region Grapevine Express layout tour, so that should be the kick in the pants I need to get moving on the rest of the layout. One other bit of news: Jamie Bothwell has become the newest addition to the S Scale Workshop and plans to build a module that he'll leave up here in Canada for us to use on his behalf. He'll also try to attend the odd show with us. Why Jamie wants to belong to any group that would have him as a member, is something of a mystery, but we welcome him aboard just the same. Cheers Jim Matin > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: Jim & Cheryl Martin <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: August 17, 2013 at 10:47 PM > Subject: John Prior > > >
