N Scale- Westen Canada

[Anonymous]

Im doing a N scale scene based upon The Desert Okanogan region, im wondering if u have any websites for good pics, this is a photo of the region

http://homepage.sunrise.ch/homepage/kanada/Photos/Kanada%20Fotos/Osoyoos.jpg

[chateauricher]

You can try the following web sites ...

• Okanagan County Tourism Council
  http://www.okanoganvacations.com



• Tourism British Columbia
  homepage : http://www.hellobc.com
  link directly to their section on the Thompson/Okanagan region ...
  http://www.hellobc.com/en-CA/RegionsCities/ThompsonOkanagan.htm?S=HP
  

If you contact them, they may be able to send you promotional touirsm litterature (including photographs) which is usually free. Or they can direct you to sources who could supply you with the photos you can use.

Hope this helps.

[SpaceMouse]

YOu might take a look at Joe's Scenery Clinic. He models a similar area in Oregon.

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=32122

[jkeaton]

There's a short-line railway based in the Okanagan Valley as well, the Okanagan Valley Railway. They were briefly famous in some railway circles when they operated MLW/Alco engines (M420s). There's one picture here:
http://alcoworld.railfan.net/ovr.htm

OVR is owned by Omnitrax, and their corporate page, unfortunately without photos, is here: http://www.omnitrax.com/okan.shtml

The famous Kettle Valley railway (part of Canadian Pacific) had branches into the Okanagan, and there are lots of books and photos on the Kettle Valley. You might start here, the website of the modern tourist line operating on the historic trackage:
http://www.kettlevalleyrail.org/history.htm
or here:
http://www.kettlevalley.ca/

The local government, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similakameen, runs an extensive trail system based chiefly on abandoned railway beds, there are details and some photos here:
http://www.rdos.bc.ca/d_ls_trails.htm

Jim