Welcome to the 8th Annual Brantford, Simcoe & Port Dover

District Model Railroad Layout Tour

Saturday April 26, 2014 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Please note that this online version of the Tour Booklet is for information only.

For admission to the Layout Tour you must have a copy of the printed Tour Booklet with maps. The cost is $5 per person.

Children under 12 free when accompanied by an adult. The printed Tour Booklet can be purchased at the

following ticket locations:

Prior to April 26th (after March 15)

Paris Junction Hobbies 300 Grand River Street, Paris Broughdale Hobby 1444 Glenora Drive, London Credit Valley RR Co. 24-2900 Argentia Rd. Mississauga Dundas Valley Hobby 15 Cootes Drive, Dundas Modeller’s Choice 4-865 Upper James St. Hamilton

Just Train Crazy 5253 King St. Beamsville The Train Cellar 130 Main St. N. Mount Forest

On April 26th

Brantford Model RR Club - behind 100 Waterloo St. Brantford

SLN Hobbies - Gord King - 51 Newport Lane, Port Dover

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Proceeds to Brant Food for Thought www.brantfoodforthought.ca

For information or to add your layout to the tour contact Roger Chrysler grandcs@rogers.com

or Ted Black revtedblack@hotmail.com

1. Brantford Model Railroad Club - Brantford

Name of Railroad Grand Valley Central

Era and Location 70’s to 90’s Southern Ontario

Scale and Size HO 20’ x 40’ 95% track 80% scenery General Information

Double track mainline with a single track secondary main that run to staging yards

providing for point to point operation. We also have a single track dead end branch line

with a few industries located mainly at the end of the line. There are a total of 15 industries

currently that are served by rail making for plenty of work for the locals that operate during

a run session.

The era and railway is not specific as we allow members to operate any locomotives they

own from steam to the latest diesels from any road name so long as they are DCC equipped.

The layout is operated using the Digitrax System.

Normal operations on Club run nights consist of 12 mainline freights some of which set-off

and lift from the major yard known as “Yates Yard” with a couple also working at the

smaller yard on the layout known as “Weber Yard.” Extras are also run as required. There

are also 4 locals that switch the industries along the main line as well as 1 that operates

down the branch line. We also can operate passenger trains including GO Transit.

As with most layouts, it’s a work in progress with new buildings being added, scenes

being changed or spruced up, trackwork/turnouts added or replaced. Scenery details are

always being worked on or added with areas always under re-construction.

2. Greg and Gail Whayman- Brantford

Name of Railroad New York and Seven

Era and Location Late transition New York, New Haven & Seven

Scale and Size HO 12’ x 25’ plus extension into the family room

Scenery Completed:

Advanced craftsman kits comprise the New York & Seven railroad with emphasis on

compression and extensive detail - approximately 60% completed. A new town called

Hampton is being built on the extension.

General Information:

Extensive scenery featuring craftsman structures including Fine Scale, South River, Sierra

West, Best and Bar Mills complimented with scratch builds. Hand laid track and turnouts,

tortoise switch machines. Computer controlled with Railroad Company Software 8 with

voltage drop detection, working signals and digitally addressed turn-outs. Separate

dispatch office to program, watch and dispatch the movement of trains. Telephone

communications throughout the layout between operators and dispatcher.

The New York and Seven R.R was featured on Trainmaster TV in December 2013.

This layout is not suitable for visitors under 12 years of age.

3. David Borthwick - Brantford

Name of Railroad Winniemucca Eastern Express (WEE)

Era and Location 1957 Colorado and Ogden Yard, Utah

Scale and Size HO 20’ x 12’ 100% track 75% scenery

General Information

The “WEE” railroad runs along 4 walls of a 20’x12’ room, with 115’ of mainline and 150’

of branch lines, serving 40 industries.

Southern Pacific’s Salt Lake Division ends in Ogden Yard, Utah. Starting here, the “WEE”

has a branch line to Boulder and Fort Collins Colorado, serving the Budweiser plant.

Another branch line goes to Petersburg, Illinois (south of Chicago) where there is an

interchange with the NYC and IC.

Digitrax controls, Steam, and Diesel in the Black Widow colours. Buildings are a mixture

of prebuilt, plastic, wood kits and kitbashed.

4. Roger Chrysler - Brantford

Name of Railroad Lake Erie and Northern Rwy

Era and Location 1953 Brant and Norfolk Counties

Scale and Size HO 11’ x 42’ 95% track 70% scenery

General Information

Replicating many prototype scenes between Glen Morris and Port Dover, Ontario.

Highlights are station and yard scenes including Paris, Brantford, Mt Pleasant, Waterford

and Simcoe.

Many scratchbuilt cars and buildings. Handlaid code 70 track. This traction layout is

powered exclusively by overhead wire. Digitrax DCC control. Includes both Lake Erie and

Northern and Grand River Railway equipment.

Handicap accessible

5. Ted Black- Brantford

Name of Railroad CN Brantford (version 2.0)

Era and Location 1989 Brantford Yard & Hagersville Sub

Scale and Size HO 15`x 11`

100% of yard track and staging, minimal scenery

General Information

The Brantford Yard is the centre piece of this under-construction multi-level layout that

fills a 15’x 11’ room. Two recently built helices lead to staging below the main level, and

perhaps by the time of the layout tour I will also have two more helices built to 2 upper

level shelves. The first upper shelf will represent the CN Hagersville Sub in the Cainsville

area, and the top shelf will feature aspects of the line from Caledonia to Garnet Yard.

(Version 1.0 of CN Brantford was built in the basement of Balfour United Church in

Brantford and was dismantled in 2011.)

6. Dr. Garry Balsdon- RR 4 Brantford

Name of Railroad Canadian National

Era and Location 1920s – 1970s Somewhere in Canada

Scale and Size HO 21’ x 16’ W- shape 90% track 91% scenery

General Information

Model Canadian National through the years

Plenty of power and rolling stock to catch the eye

Too much to remember on your last visit so come again

You are very welcome

Pax Garry

7. Jim Carman – Mt. Pleasant

Scale and Size HO 12’x 30’ 90% track 5% scenery

General Information

The layout features container yard, container hoist, wooden trestle, lift bridge, and large

yard for rolling stock. Various road names from 1970 to present.

Large “folded dogbone” track plan with long connecting track to lower level service yard.

DCC connected to 20+ tortoise switch machines and locos with sound.

8. Steve Armstrong - RR3 Waterford

Name of Railroad Toad, Hollow & Buttercup (TH&B)

Era and Location Steam and Early Diesel Lakes and Forests

Scale and Size G Outdoor 52’ x 36’ 100% track 100% scenery

General Information

Put a smile on your face as you enjoy the CPR trains moving over trestles and bridges,

and through the living scenery (hostas, groundcover etc.) Equipment varies in scale

from 1:20 to 1:29. The layout is run with Aristocraft Revolution Train Control.

9. John Frederick – Port Dover

Era and Location 1958 north-eastern Ontario – Ottawa valley

Scale and Size HO 8’ x 17’ approx. 225’ track

100% track 90% buildings 25% scenery

General Information

Layout intended to be grandchild friendly and interesting…but not heavy railroad

operations.

All buildings, vehicles, and rolling stock, are consistent with the 1950s time frame.

Rolling stock is a mix of CNR and CP freight and passenger. Locomotives are steam and

diesel, some with sound.

Layout consists of 2 yards on inside loop running through an 8 foot tunnel and mountain

with integrated reverse loop and station sidings. The perimeter trackage is double main line

looping around the entire layout with a double crossover and several industrial sidings

served off the mainline. There is a separate town centre with numerous business and store

locations.

Table top layout with duck- under to centre control pit.

DCC operated with Digitrax Super Chief Extra system.

10. Robert Lawton - Port Dover

Era and Location Post War and Modern Various Road Names

Scale and Size O Gauge 25’ x 35’ 90% track 25% scenery

General Information

3 rail Lionel & MTH Trains. Layout situated in a walk-in vault in the basement.

Has various operating structures collected over the years such as dairy milk cans and

cattle pens, crossings and musical cafes. Lots of sounds and smoke. TCC Street Car.

Bob, shows his model train collection in a video at:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlauj5_meet-the-owner-of-clonmel-estate-in-

port-dover-ontario-canada_travel

11. Gord King –Port Dover

Name of Railroad Silver Lake Northshore (CNR Dundas Sub)

Era and Location mid ‘50’s CNR Dundas Sub – London to Brantford

Scale and Size HO 30’ x 30’ bi-level with workshop staging yard

100% lower level track 98% upper level track

40% scenery

General Information

When completed the railroad is designed to operated point to point. Trains will originate

from a staging yard representing Toronto and points east, and Windsor/Sarnia and Point

west. Trains traveling west enter the railroad at Brantford, and travel Paris, Woodstock,

Beachville, Ingersoll, exiting the railroad to staging at London West. Trains travelling east

will do the reverse. Eventually the CNR Thorndale sub may be added. There is also some

non-electrified London & Port Stanley trackage in London.

The completed lower level incorporates London as the main centre. London has a large

classification yard which also serves 20+ industries and has a large passenger facility.

London also is home to the main engine service facility which includes a model of the

original coaling dock. The other main centre on the completed lower level is Brantford

which serves 10+ industries, engine service and passenger facilities.

The upper level incorporates 3 centres, Ingersol with half a dozen industries, Woodstock

with 10+ industries, Paris and Paris Junction with several industries.

In each centre a scene or structure will identify to the viewer where they are if they are

familiar with the area. For example visitors will recognize the West St underpass and the

CNR coaling tower in Brantford, the CNR coaling tower in London.

Operation is primarily steam with transition diesel. The control system is Digitrax DCC

Duplex radio control. Eventually operations will use the JMRI Operations computer

programme to generate traffic. Track is primarily code 83, with some code 100.

12. Gordon W. Earle – Cheapside First time on the Layout Tour

Name of Railroad Port Union Railway

Era and Location 1928-1932 Fictitious Port Burwell Port Union

Scale and Size HO 13`x 20`

75% track 25% scenery

General Information

Port Union Railway, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Port Union Steamship Co.

incorporated under the Canada Steamship Act of 1897.

This switching layout features steam, sequential operation, kitbashed and scratchbuilt cars.

DC control.

This layout is not suitable for visitors under 12 years of age.

13. Jim Lewis - Simcoe

Name of Railroad Cedar Valley Railroad

Era and Location 1900 Lumber and mining country

Scale and Size HO 12’ x 9’ with workshop staging yard

90% lower level track 75% scenery

General Information

The layout is a lumber and mining operation with a port terminal. The track goes twice

around the room with a hidden return loop.

The railroad services the town of Cedar Falls and the port of Cedar Bay as well as the mine

at Cedar Hill. There are some very interesting scenes, including the ore mine, large and

small sawmills, dock with the lumber schooner, and fishing wharf. There are a variety of

buildings and industries most of which are either scratch built or modified kits. The layout

features early small steam, some with sound. The layout is powered via Digitrax system.

14. Douglas Love – Simcoe First time on the Layout Tour

Era and Location 1960’s No specific community – just a railroad fantasy!

Scale and Size HO 21’x14’ plus hallway 20’x4’

General Information

DCC and DC mainly diesel

Entrance to train room by French doors, freight yard in foreground looking across an

industrial town to a large mountain scene at the end of the room.

The hall has two sets of tracks running fore and aft. One hugs the coast line of a make-

believe fiord, while the other is an elevated express route with a loop turnaround - which

makes for a 50’ run of the two sets of tracks out and back to the town centre.

One wall is covered in historical plaques of engines from the early 1800’s to the 1960’s.

Trees made from vegetation are a prominent feature of the entire layout.