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Back-dating a model railroad to the 1920's.
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Mark, <br /> <br />Thanks for the clarification on the Class 1 trackage. There were dozens of little railways all over Canada at that time, which were either in decline or on the verge of bankruptcy. Seems that WW1 was not as much of a boom for railways here as in the US. This situation lead to the creation of Canadian Government Railways, which became Canadian National in the early 1920s (in order to avoid the monopoly of Candian Pacific). <br /> <br />I stand by my assertion that the majority of the population did not have phones or electricity, those in cities not withstanding (what is appropriate will depend on the specifics of his layout). And my comments about the "guy with the shovel" was intended to illustrate the point that much more labour was done by hand than most people today would believe. Much of what was "hard labour" seems to be accomplished these days by one guy in a machine of some sort, and 6 other guys leaning on the shovels... [;)] <br /> <br />Good point about the historical society. We are definitely in agreement there... [:)] <br /> <br />Andrew <br />
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