Layout, Track & Construction
Layout planning, prototype interpretation, benchwork, trackwork, and construction.
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Testing the Vernon River HO Track Plan on the Modules
Testing the full-size Vernon River track plan with HO cars and No. 8 switches before finalizing the modular layout and staging.
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Building Modular Benchwork for the Vernon River HO Layout
Building two modular benchwork sections and removable staging cassettes for a nearly uncompressed HO model of Vernon River.
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Murray Harbour Subdivision Freight Traffic, Part 2: Carloads and Train Lengths
1950s CN carload data reveals typical train length, traffic balance and commodity flows through Vernon River.
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Murray Harbour Subdivision Freight Traffic, Part 1: Commodities at Vernon River
Newspaper archives identify Vernon River’s inbound and outbound railway traffic, from potatoes and livestock to coal and feed.
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Vernon River Railway Traffic and Stock-Pen Research
Aerial photographs and newspaper records establish Vernon River’s potato, livestock and freight traffic—and support adding a stock pen.
The Red Island Railway Journal 