Pembroke represents the Canada Atlantic branch line terminus in that town about 100 miles west of Ottawa as it appeared in 1905. It is a one-town layout, with a staging yard representing the other end of the branch in Golden Lake, Ontario. Modelling is in Proto:87 and almost everything on the layout is from scratch.
The Prototype
- Prototypical/Freelanced: Prototypical (well, as close as I can get!)
- Prototype: Pembroke Southern Railway, operated by the Canada Atlantic Railway
- Location: Pembroke, Ontario
- Era: August 1905
- Interchange: Nope
The Layout
- Location: North Vancouver
- Scale: HO Proto:87
- Size: 14’x17′
- Control: Lenz DCC
- Accessibility: Stairs
- Length of mainline: 32 feet
- Yards: 2
- Passing sidings: 1
- Scenery complete: 15%
- Carspots: eightish
- Motive power: Mix of kit-bashed and scratchbuilt steamers
- Rolling stock: Scratch-built
- Track construction: Handlaid
Operations
- Clock Speed: real time
- Session Length: continuous
- Crew Size: one
- Dispatching: TT&TO
- Car Forwarding: n/a
- Communication: mumble to self
- Jobs: chief cook and bottle washer
- Train lengths: usually one car
- Session atmosphere: solo
More Information
- Website: https://pembroke87.ca
- Model Railroad Planning 2023
