Rich Severance's
(On3)
"Colorado Lines"
Photos by Tom Troughton
| Open House Visiting Hours: 10:00 AM till 4:00 PM Convention attendees planning to visit this layout for either the Wednesday or Sunday afternoon open house sessions should send an email to Mid-Missouri Layouts to request a map and detailed driving instructions. All requests MUST include your convention registration number. |
This is a simple around the wall eye level layout with approximately 120 feet of mainline track, most of which is straight level running through the South Park and the Gunnison Valley, with a short 2% grade up the flank of Red Mountain to reach Silverton.
Colorado & Southern, Denver & Rio Grande Western, and Rio Grande Southern are the featured railroads. The New Mexico Lumber Company Shay # 7 is used on log trains, with the Hallack & Howard Lumber Company Climax # 6 as back up power. The largest towns are Como and Gunnison, and the small communities are Jefferson and Silverton.
Current structures in Como include the Depot, Dispatcher’s Office, Pacific Hotel, Grade School, High School, Catholic Church and Rectory, and Superintendent’s home. Como carpenters are busy building saloons (Allen’s, Turf Exchange, Montag) and a restaurant (Kenosha) in the business district for the thirsty and hungry train men. A fire house with bell tower has been built to help fight town fires. The C & S Railroad plans to start construction of the stone roundhouse in a few months.
Silverton is represented by the Silverton Northern engine house. Construction crews will start soon on the Jefferson Depot, stock pen, and related structures.
There is now 50 linear feet of completed scenery, including Gunnison town and yards, the Red Mountain Mine No. 2 area, Red Mountain, and part of South Park. The layout features numerous museum quality scratch built structures by Matt Dillow and Bill Miller, track work by Fred Folk, and scenery by Matt Dillow.
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| The Como depot with C & S passenger train | The water tank and pump house at Jefferson | Pacific Hotel in Como |
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| Como grade school | Como Dispatcher’s Office | Home in Gunnison |
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| A young dude heads for a cold one at the Brunswick Saloon after a visit to Lily’s |
Silverton Northern engine house | Engines and a flanger in the weeds in the Gunnison rail yards |
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| The above three photos show a quiet afternoon in Gunnison town | ||
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| The above three images were taken of the daily C & S passenger train from Gunnison descending a short grade in South Park enroute to a brief stop at the Jefferson Station before heading on to Como for a crew and engine change | ||
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| The above three scenes show D&RGW # 340 heading up grade near Red Mountain Mine No. 2 | ||
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| The above three photos show D&RGW #340 as it heads up grade along the flank of Red Mountain | ||
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| The above two photos show D&RGW #361 heading out of Gunnison with a stock extra | RGS #20 with the RICO Business Car heads down grade along the flank of Red Mountain, approaching the small Guston station | |
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