HO Scale
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Finding inspiration from a later era
A St. Peters Bay potato-loading photo provides prototype ideas for Vernon River’s team track, vehicles and loading scene.
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Vernon River Co-Op Warehouse: a study on shared building plans.
Research comparing PEI co-op warehouses at Vernon River, Morell, Souris and Tignish to reconstruct the 1947 Vernon River building.
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A sunny winter’s day prototype visit.
A winter field visit to Vernon River, PEI, to study the former railway right-of-way, landscape, buildings and roads for an HO layout.
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Testing the track plan.
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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Benchwork!
Building two modular benchwork sections and removable staging cassettes for a nearly uncompressed HO model of Vernon River.