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The Monashee Pacific was a proposed railway in the 1950's that was never built. The Edmonton Model Railway Association, located at Fort Edmonton Park, has created a world where this railway exists. The level of detail is incredible, from the towns, the trains and the people, no minute detail has been omitted. There is even someone taking a crap in the woods with a bear approaching him.
I could have spent days photographing this incredible layout. I have only included the highlights.
One of many passenger stops at the Decatur depot. Passengers could be taken from one end of the layout to the other for a very reasonable fare.
For more information please visit: www.mnfreemo.org
Just sitting at the depot (clubhouse) waiting for some passengers.
Roanoke Valley Model Railroaders (RVMR) at the Blue Ridge Live Steamers (BRLS) Halloween Run.
This model is a HO scale Atlas Classic series RS11 lettered for DW&P, ROAD #3612. The diesel has been converted to an RSD12 with the replacement of the 2 axle trucks with Atlas 3 axle trucks. The unit houses a Soundtrax decoder professionaly installed by Jacques Thuot. www.railways.incanada.net/Railway_Modelling/ModellerThuot.... This unit sounds great and runs perfect at any speed.. A MBE Alco exhaust stack was added to the long hood. The horn was relocated to the long hood just ahead of the cab roof. A MBE sinclair antenna was added to the cab roof. The unit is lightly weathered and the underframe and trucks are painted and weathered a grimy black, with Kadee #5 couplers front and back.
Here you can see the Honda powerplant in the cab that runs the hydraulic system powering the chain driven trucks.
Roanoke Valley Model Railroaders (RVMR) at the Blue Ridge Live Steamers (BRLS) Halloween Run.
The Monashee Pacific was a proposed railway in the 1950's that was never built. The Edmonton Model Railway Association, located at Fort Edmonton Park, has created a world where this railway exists. The level of detail is incredible, from the towns, the trains and the people, no minute detail has been omitted. There is even someone taking a crap in the woods with a bear approaching him.
I could have spent days photographing this incredible layout. I have only included the highlights.
I needed some hobby supplies and headed downtown to Hobbyland, aka, "the fun store with the red door". Right as I entered, I was welcomed by the friendly man behind the counter who directed me to the supplies I needed. I found everything I was looking for then headed to the checkout. I paid for my stuff and got to talking to Jerry who owns the store. I was admiring his train layout and asked him if I could take a few shots of it and he said, "Sure, people do it all the time." He told me he works on it in his spare time and on Sundays when the store is closed. He has logged over 1650 hours to the task and might I say it is AWESOME! if you find yourself in Bloomington, Illinois and you like model railroads and dioramas, this is a must see. The details were incredible and I ended up watching the trains go 'round for a good 20 minutes. The store was pretty busy at the time but in between customer checkouts, I told Jerry about the 100 strangers project and asked if he would pose for me with the layout and become part of my project. He said sure.
Thanks Jerry for taking a few moments in your busy morning to entertain me and my camera. I'll be seeing you again soon as my supplies are already getting low ;-)
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100strangers.com/.