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Great Northwestern Pacific Railroad

Dick has sent in these photos and article for publication:

The layout where I am locating the buildings is a large HO layout of about 1850 sq ft and is the product of the immensely talented Chuck Ellis, a published model railroader of 30 years. It is a somewhat freelanced cross country RR called the Great Northwestern Pacific. It runs from Duluth, MN to Seattle, WA. It is set in the 60's and actually owns no motive power but uses UP, Great Northern, Santa Fe, and various smaller roads. It is an iron ore hauler, a hot shot refer or two, passenger service and lots of local mixed merchandise trains. The central switching, classification, engine hostelling takes place in Great Falls, MT.


This is the location of the buildings I sent pictures of. I'm also enclosing some pictures of the deep pit ore mine just completed along with the new mountain area which is the home of the Cisco & Taliesin RR, a HO n3 narrow gauge scenic road. The layout is DCC and most of the motive power has sound. Many of the structures are Fine Scale Miniatures, many are scratch built, and some are contemporary Woodland Scenic already built and detailed structures.


The structures pictured are Downtown Deco kits. These kits are somewhat difficult to build owing to the fragility of the plaster cast parts. Easy handling and somewhat tedious clean up process is of primary importance at the beginning of construction. They are walls are extremely well detailed and accept acrylic washes and accents well. The kit has high quality signs and posters along with a concise instruction manual. This kit is not for beginners, however. One should have some experience with color mixing and weathering for an acceptable completion of the structure. They are some of the best construction kits available in my opinion.

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