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Posted in Layout Tours by Rob Chant. (Updated Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 13:10:00 AST.)

Thursday, February 10, 2022

LAYOUT TOUR: Port Haney Brick & Tile Company

I was asked to provide a few more photographs of the Port Haney Brick & Tile Company 10x14 inch micro layout I designed back in early 2020, and expertly built by David Fugere. I had to go looking, but I found a few more great photos of the layout.

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Posted in Layout Tours by Rob Chant. (Updated Tuesday, February 08, 2022 at 9:47:00 AST.)

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

LAYOUT TOUR: Port Haney Brick & Tile Company (Construction Photos)

Back in January of 2020, I designed a track plan for the Marble Mountain Quarry Company, which was done in HOn30 to fit in a 9x13-inch display case. David Fugere decided to build a micro layout using the track plan, but he had to increase to increase the size to 10x14-inches, so he could use the equipment he had on hand. After seeing...

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Posted in Layout Tours by Rob Chant. (Updated Monday, January 24, 2022 at 11:02:00 AST.)

Monday, January 24, 2022

LAYOUT TOUR: Aaron Riley's Metra Service Centre Layout

Here is a link to Aaron Riley's adaption of my HO-scale design for a Railcar / Locomotive Maintenance Centre done in March of 2020. The story of the layout is done in a few parts (links at bottom of page) by site owner, Andrew Martin. It is so wonderful seeing this design coming to life.

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LINK: Aaron Riley's Metra Service Centre Layout

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TAGS: Types of Industries: Railcar / Locomotive Maintenance Centre



Posted in Layout Tours by Rob Chant. (Updated Thursday, April 02, 2020 at 21:32:00 ADT.)

Thursday, April 02, 2020

LAYOUT TOUR: Marble Mountain Quarry Company (HOn30)

Over the last several weeks I had the honour of seeing one of my smaller layout designs come to life on the Micro/Small Model RR Layouts Facebook group. The micro layout was built by Chris Broughton and is based on my Hn30-scale Marble Mountain Quarry Company design, which you can find here. As you can see from the...

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