Photo 1 Overhead
view taken from the balcony area
showing north end of the layout.
Photo 2 This
view documents the steel mill
blast furnace. Steel
manufacturing in this country is
an industry that has largely
become a footnote in American
history.
Photo 3 Image
showing service road leading to
the locomotive and passenger car
servicing area. Thru highway runs
overhead at this location.
Photo 4
View
showing the passenger car service
building (currently being used
for locomotive storage) with the
diesel repair facility in the
background.
Photo 5 Amtrak's
"City of New Orleans"
making a stop at Queensgate
Station with the freight
classification yard in the
foreground.
Photo 6 "Diverging
Clear on the Main"
The
layout will incorporate an
operating Automatic Block System
with different types of prototype
mainline and yard signals.
Photo 7 The
harbor tug departs on another
mission. A scratch built scale
model of the "SS
Badger" makes an occasional
appearance at her slip here after
a Lake Michigan crossing.
Photo 8 Trolleys
at rest at the Olsonville car
house. This area is named after
the late Ken Olson a longtime
club member who scratchbuilt
several of the cars on display
here and started construction of
Trolleytown shortly before his
passing in 2002.
This
water tower stands as a pillar in
the central industrial park. The
crew of the local switcher job
can be assured of a busy day
working this area.
Photo 10 An
overhead view of the passenger
yard showing a Chicago and
Northwestern commuter
"scoot" departing for
Olsonville and other points on
the line.
