BRAKIEDid you know there was a early black and white trackside photo of the V&O in the early 60s that showed a V&O Geep with X2F couplers?
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I did not know that. I alwys thought the V&O began in in the 1970s.
Of coarse, there was STRATTON & GILLETTE equipment around in the 1980s, but construction of the "real" SGRR will begin in 2019, and hopefully that will be the one everyone gets to know.
I wonder what date Allen McClelland considers the beginning?
-Kevin
Living the dream.
The original V&O was built in 1962 and was set in the 50s and In the mid 1970s, Allen McClelland began a second phase of construction that expanded the railroad from Elm Grove to Kingswood Junction, VA.
I have "The V&O Story " book by Allen McClelland that I picked up at a yard sale for two dollars. A nefty buy.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
WOW! This turned out pretty good so far. Especially considering these decals are AT LEAST 55 years old!
Microscale Liquid Decal Film is wonderful stuff.
I added a black circle behind the herald to make it pop out better. I hope Broc Brown, the creator of the UPP STAYERS & EASTERN would be happy with it.
It is great that another classic railroad from the glory days of Private Roadnames will be riding the rails again.
BRAKIE The original V&O was built in 1962 and was set in the 50s and In the mid 1970s, Allen McClelland began a second phase of construction that expanded the railroad from Elm Grove to Kingswood Junction, VA. I have "The V&O Story " book by Allen McClelland that I picked up at a yard sale for two dollars. A nefty buy.
That's a heck of a buy. I bought it at full price when it was first published by Carsten's and it was worth every penny of it. I used the V&O design principles when designing my current layout. Most important it is a linear design in which a train will only pass through each scene only once when traversing the layout. Now that is common place with layout design but when Allen created the original layout, bowl of spaghetti design was typical.