Lyon Valley Northern

This site is designed to promote the hobby of ferroequinology. It also provides an opportunity to show the development of the "Lyon Valley Northern": an HO railroad featuring CN and BNSF action in the West. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or comments at cnlyon@sympatico.ca

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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Saturday, February 24, 2007

Cascade Pacific Part 2

The Cascade Pacific tells a story with every scene and as you enter the layout room you can see this poor stranded motorist getting assistance from the tow company. Just look at the weeds in the yard all drilled and glued into place. Wayne and the gang produced a DVD where they blue screened themselves and were reduced in size and put into the scenes on the layout. Also special animation effects including birds, moving automobiles and low flying aircraft add to this fun interpretation of this detailed O scale empire.

























On the road again: Visit to Cascade Pacific

A good friend of mine, Wayne Paulsen invited me over for a visit to the O scale modular layout based on Great Northern in Washington state. A Victoria BC based club, the home of the layout is in Wayne's basement though it can be loaded on a trailer and taken to shows. What impressed me most about the work was the attention to detail in such a large scale. Fantastic backdrop painting and individually crafted trees go a long way to provide a good sense of west coast mountain railroading. Wayne likes his automobiles as well and you can see the mint collection of 50s and 60s era classics around his layout. His locomotives, many of them brass are dcc equiped with sound. Big speakers in these puppies really make you feel like you are operating the real thing. Wayne's layout really tells a story and I hope you enjoy the images.