‘N’ so it begins…
Whilst I’m still uncertain as to the form, concept or design for any future Prairie themed project I am certain it will require N scale… We have been here before… first with the Englewood logging project, more recently with Albion Yard (CP on Vancouver Island) and Hanna (Rio Grande, Creede branch). Each time struggling with one aspect of the scale and theme and things never quite sitting well before selling up and moving onto a new distraction. So you’d be welcome to ask, why will this be any different? The short answer is does it matter? I didn’t have space for the logging project, the CP Rail Alco ran beautifully but the couplings just didn’t work. The Rio Grande felt lost without being tied to place… Right now, creatively, I want to explore a Prairie theme - not in operation, but as a moving picture - as such N should work, in the limited space I can free up for such a dalliance. The Prairies are somewhere I’ve visited, the grain elevators curious and repe...
