Kootenay layout on youtube

[Andrew Hutchinson]

A couple of videos of a local layout with a double mushroom care of Mark Dance. Very neat to operate with the odd lashups CP used throughout the early 1970s. The Nakusp/Roseberry barge service with its isolated location is particularly enticing. Hope the link works...

 http://www.youtube.com/user/markdance63#p/a/u/0/uA5Z6f9BCYI

Andrew Hutchinson

[trainforfun]

Glad the link worked !!! Beautifull , will there be a video soon showing long CP train going over some of the magnificient bridges ?
How large is the layout , you say a 2 cars garage , but is it full or one bay still used by a car ?
Thanks a lot for showing us these videos !   

[lock4244]

Three years in planning? From what I saw, well worth it, especially the Slocan Barge... novel concept. Gonna grab my Crow and Kettle book and watch the video again to check his work 

Thanks for the link, would love to see some more as it progresses.

[Iain]

Very interesting layout.

[Andrew Hutchinson]

Somewhere on  my box i have the LDSIG article that would tell me the dimensions - I'll have to dig them out. It isn't huge but it was comfy with eight operators the one time I visited.  One other item I am interested in is the narrow aperture formed by the valances around Farron Summit. I think it is under  a foot  but because of the height and the lighting it has a different feel than the rest of the deck. Mark has done a really good job of "opening up" the deck on the  other side of the valence and I tend to think it lends more depth while at the same time conveying the isolation of Farron. Hopefully he'll make a video when the scenery goes in at this location.

Andrew Hutchinson

[GaryHinshaw]

Looks like a great layout in the making, thanks for the link.

That line is close to home for me: my brother-in-law lives in Slocan, and my mother was born in Rossland and grew up in Trail (Tadnac) while her dad worked at the Cominco smelter.  I remember many a summer in the late 60's heading up that way for holiday.  We'd stay in Trail for a few days (I spent most of the time watching CP switch the smelter) then head up to Christina Lake.   Good times.

[SirTainly]

Wow nice layout, and it seems very well planned.

[cv_acr]

Looks pretty nice.

[Andrew Hutchinson]

I see Mark has updated his youtube account to include some operating shots of the layout. There is a rail barge video as well. Enjoy!
Andrew Hutchinson
 
http://www.youtube.com/markdance63

[Ian MacMillan]

Its looking like a very nice layout. I've been following the videos and the "finished" scene is a true tribute to what scenery:train can be accomplished in N. Wish it was C55.

[Day One]

The working semaphores are brilliant. Very cool!

[Ian MacMillan]

The working semaphores are brilliant. Very cool!

Yes those were pretty cool. Nice smooth motion on em too.