Many years ago Bob Hayden and I built the HOn30 Elk River Ry. It was featured in eight articles in Railroad Model Craftsman magazine. The little railroad was a test bed for the new (at the time) Mini Trix trains. These were HO scale trains that ran on N scale tracks making them "narrow gauge."
The layout was very popular and got us thinking about what other HOn30 projects we could build. I like the waterfront and Bob likes the 2-foot narrow gauge railroads that ran in the state of Maine. So we combined our interests and created Thatcher's Inlet, an HOn30 waterfront railroad, with a Maine 2-foot theme. It was also featured in a series of articles in RMC.
These two little railroads launched us into bigger and better HOn30 model railroads. But times changed...
Jump ahead 30 years. Bob decides it's time for an O-gauge version of the Elk River with a waterfront section similar to Thatcher's Inlet. I travel to his workshop to help build the frame and to paint the backdrop. The next year, while in Bob's workshop to make a video, help him build and paint the waterfront. Bob rebuilt many pieces of Bachmann rolling stock to look more like the Maine 2-foot trains.
So here we are today. A new model railroad based upon the old.
Photo by Bob Hayden with his new 12mm lens.
NICE Sellers turntable there, too....
ReplyDeleteWill the "Thatchers Outlet" structure make an appearance?
Tell Bob, "Nice photo!" I've been drooling over the Canon 12-22 lens, is this 12mm a prime or a zoom?
Finally, why not paint the fascia under the waterfront blue, to continue the water? It looks kinda incongruous to have blue water but a green fascia.
dave