About
I’ve been interested in trains and model trains since I was a little kid. It must be because my mother’s father and brother both worked on the New York Central in St. Thomas, Ontario.
My first real model railroad was a N scale layout I built while a teenager. I then moved to O scale narrow gauge in university and later to garden railroading while living in Texas.
As of 2009, my main prototype interests are:
The Key Valley Railway (KVR) was a standard gauge railway that ran between the villages of Pakesley and Lost Channel in Ontario between 1917 and 1933. It was constructed to transport logs, lumber and people to and from the company’s lumber mill at Lost Channel.
The Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway (OA&PS) was a standard gauge railway that ran between Ottawa and Depot Harbour in Central Ontario between 1895 and the 1930’s.
Since we purchased a house in Port Stanley, Ontario, I’ve started to research the railways in the St. Thomas area in more detail. These include the London & Port Stanley and the Canada Southern Railways.
My main modeling interests are:
The Lost Hollow Railway is a 1:20.3 garden railway using live steam locomotives. It is completely freelanced on a logging and mining theme and features small rolling stock.
The Pakesley Mill and Timber Company is a On3/On30 model railroad loosely based on the prototype Key Valley Railway.
Written by Barry Cott
May 17th, 2009 at 7:30 am
