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Always happy to tap into any C&NW info and dialog. I've been armchair model rr'ing for too many years, finally hard at work doing basement prep work to get down to a layout starting in late Spring. Probably should be a fan of the Santa Fe or Belt RR (grew up blocks from Belt Railway's line and SF's Corwith Yards) or even the Grand Trunk (had a relative worked on it). But for me it was the C&NW in northern Wisconsin and the Michigan UP that has always held my interest. Just came back from a weekend trip photographing locations, like the depot at Eland Junction, WI, Mercer WI and Ironwood MI, along with walking (through the snow, boots would've been a good idea) the old grounds of the yard areas at Monico Junction WI and Watersmeet MI. Will be going back in a few weeks to to do the same in a few other spots -- Watersmeet east to Iron Mountain MI, maybe trek down to Crandon WI. While the basement redecorating continues I've been scribbling away on grid paper for trackplanning, trying to squeeze something reasonable into a modest 11' 9" x 14' 6" space in one end of very irregularly shaped basement. My ideal: carefully replicate Watersmeet MI circa 1950 - 56 or so, with its 8-stall roundhouse, yard, etc. etc. (But my "ideal" far exceeds my modeling skills and available space). Fallback: downtown Eagle River WI with adjacent woodland and a semi-prototypical spur or two (handy to have the C&NW passenger station and freight depot still standing today). Super-fallback: Too prototypical anything goes past my skills, time and pocketbook, so may try a freelance-evolving-towards-the-prototype approach of generic northern Wisconsin/Michigan UP, even cheating a little to sneak some Soo line trackage in there! Now if only I knew where to get an authentic looking R-class 4-6-0 (as opposed to the Bachman ten wheeler) to turn into #1331!
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