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Ontario Northland, Ramore Sub

Robert Wheeler

Tour Schedule

Saturday October 24, 2009 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Directions

See It On The Map

From Roswell/Alpharetta:
Take Sargent Road to McGinnis Ferry Road and McGinnis Ferry Road east until reaching 141 (Medlock Bridge Road/Peachtree Parkway). Turn left onto 141 and take north to Laurel Springs. Turn right onto Laurel Springs Parkway, which becomes Westminster Lane. Follow until Old Atlanta Road. Take a left onto Old Atlanta Road. Old Atlanta to James Burgess, take right by cellular tower and fire station, then immediate right on Southers Circle. In 100 feet turn left on to Settles Rd. Enter Grand Cascades. You will merge on to Grand Ave. Merge right on to Rivergate Drive by the ball field. Pass the clubhouse on your right. Enter Rivergate subdivision. First corner house on your left.

From Cumming on highway 20:
Turn south on to James Burgess Road. (This is very close to the bridge over the Chattahoochee River). Just before Old Atlanta Road by cellular tower and new fire station, turn left on Southers Circle. In 100 feet left on to Settles Rd. Enter Grand Cascades. You will merge on to Grand Ave. Merge right on to Rivergate Drive by the ball field. Pass the clubhouse on your right. Enter Rivergate subdivision. First corner house on your left.


From Interstate 285 / 85:
Take the Pleasant Hill exit (104) in Duluth and go west. Turn right on Peachtree Industrial. Left on 120 and after crossing the Chattahoochee River turn right and go north on Boles Road which becomes Bell and then Old Atlanta. Old Atlanta to James Burgess, take right by cellular tower and new fire station, then immediate right on Southers Circle. In 100 feet left on to Settles Rd. Enter Grand Cascades. You will merge on to Grand Ave. Merge right on to Rivergate Drive by the ball field. Pass the clubhouse on your right. Enter Rivergate subdivision. First corner house on your left.

Layout at a Glance

This layout is currently under construction.  Scenery is just being started.  Layout is designed and built to be easily dismantled and reassembled without any destruction of track benchwork and scenery. There are a total of 13 modules of varying size and complex shapes. Unique concepts are employed to ensure alignment of the roadbed and rail when the layout is reassembled after moving. See modular shelves that attach to the layout to pull an 8-foot string of cars on to the layout from any of the 20 shelves. See the article describing it in the May 2007 issue of Scale Rails magazine.

Scale HO
Size 23' x 13'
Prototype Ontario Northland Railway (ONR)
Locale Northern Ontario, Canada
Era 1970's and 80's
Layout Style walk-around, point to point with continuous loop option
Len. of Mainline 62 feet
Layout Height 42 inches
Benchwork Lightweight plywood grid construction on L girder
Roadbed Cut curved plywood, Homabed, hand laid ties
Trackwork Hand cut ties, handlaid code 100 track and turnouts
Turnout Min. #6 on main line, some #5 in sidings
Min. Radius 22"
Maximum Grade 1.5%
Scenery not yet started
Backdrop Blue sky with stenciled clouds
Controls Future DCC, currently DC with two homemade Variacs

Updated: Sun Dec 6 11:13:34 2009

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