Got this in an email
Interesting, so it finally shows up.
the wife and i are now plan a trip to there in the summer
Ric Golding said:Might make an interesting side trip during the Invasion....................we'll have to get Gaeton to check it out.........
Interesting, so it finally shows up.
Boy, when they say “no photo,” they’re not kidding. Even their own gallery page comes up blank!
Later,
K
I think anybody who is in this hobby got an email from them, the gallery shows up for me??? The Regal
Ken,
Did you have to leave early that year we went to Montreal? That is the layout that Gaetan and Nicole set up for us to see in 2007. They would not let video or pictures to be taken at that time for the desire to have it published in one of the national magazines. The photos that are shown do not do it justice. You walk through the river valley to see the middle of the layout and the rocks in the river are painted 3D on the floor so you worry about stepping on them. It is very beautiful and very professionally done. It is located on the top floor of a factory in a very unusual location.
OK, I did miss that. Didn’t realize it was the same place you guys went to…
We can go there again after the Invasion…it’s only about an hour and a half drive from Ottawa…
It truely was a most interesting place… However, the protectionism did make them a little bit full of themselves. I’m glad there is finally some publicity.
Is this something they built themselves, or is it another “checkbook railroad”?
I know that there was some assistance with the lighting and painting, but the craftmanship of the buildings, scenery and track work was all done by a few people. If I remember correctly, it took 5 years to build and had been open to the public for about a year, when we saw it in July, 2007. All of the engines were Accucraft with
Phoenix sound, and the rolling stock were craftsmen kits and Accucraft stuff.
One of the most interesting theatrical tricks was the use of incense, burning in a metal cookie tin equipped with an electric vent fan, under the layout and the smoke piped up through building chimineys, using clear rubber hose or tubing. Quite effective.