We are G-Scale model railroad club, and our trains run outdoors in the garden. Our best known activity is the annual Holiday Train Display...
These photos are a tour of of Jim Jenkin's A&J Railway in Gray, Maine. They were done as a slide show for another member of the family who has not seen the railroad. They start from the street, go up the right hand hand side, and around the back side to the Village in front.
Here is an update from Terry Norton along with pictures of some of the features on the Groton & Charleston Raiload, which is the layout Terry & Sue have at their home in Eliot, Maine.
July 15, 2020
I spent the
majority of time last year creating a water feature for my layout. My original
plan was to have a small pond that overflowed into a small stream that went
under the trestle into a receiving container with a pump to send the water back
to the pond.
Enter Nancy
Norris! She said that I needed a source of water noise as that was what most
people would like. Soooooo…I created a mountain and a waterfall along with a
longer river.
The winter
was not kind to the rocks on the river. I have been working on the river banks
and installing a waterwheel mill and landscaping the mountain (which forms the
back of the campground).
My wife (the
train CFO) gave permission to add the terminal area on the other end of the
layout from the covered bridges and water feature. So far I have placed the
train shed Ernie Packard gave me and run the tracks for three sidings in the
shed.
The weeds
grow fast in this weather and I am having difficulty keeping up. I keep the
mainline pretty clean but the rest is getting overgrown. I have not attempted
to get the Thomas/Percy track powered up and running. I replaced the stations
at the ends of my back-and-forth trolley and added a planter disguised as a
prison on top of one mountain.
Long time MGRS member Ernie Packard passed in February, and his wife Hazel passed away in April. Their children Caroline and Dennis donated their train collection for the club and requested a plaque in his honor. The plaque was brought to their joint funeral service in Hollis by Ben Braithwaite earlier this spring.
During the
Annual Meeting we will be auctioning off items from 3 estates. There are
buildings, rolling stock and a lot of track. The auction will be held on
Sept 20th at 12 noon. The address is 82 Carll Rd, Buxton ME. We did not take
any pictures yet. Preview the items starting at 10 AM, All items will have 2
tags: a buy it now and a minimum opening bid for the auction. If you have
questions, please contact Terry Norton.
MGRS members are invited to attend a ceremony honoring the late John Middleton at Seashore Trolley Museum on August 29th at 11:45am . It will include re-dedicating the Riverside Carbarn as the John, L. Middleton Jr. Riverside Carhouse.
Seashore Trolley Musuem is located at 195 Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, and the website is https://trolleymuseum.org/
The Trolley Museum can be reached from the north by taking the Maine Turnpike south to Exit 32 in Biddeford, taking Route 1 South and turning left on Log Cabin Road.
The MGRS Annual Meeting will be held starting at Noon on Sunday, September 20th at the home of Carl & Pat Churchill, 82 Carll Rd, Buxton, ME
Bring your own lunch and drinks
Annual meeting is to elect the Officers and Board of
Directors only
Auction is for track, structures, rolling stock, automobiles from various sources
--Auction items will be available before the meeting and can be purchased at the sticker price.
--Other clubs may be invited to come and buy things--Please contact Terry Norton to let him know if you will be attending or not and will come early to purchase items before the auction starts
8/3 9AM at O'Donal's Nursery in Gorham to
setup a layout they will show to customers.
8/15 8AM at Terry’s house in Eliot to sort
track from the Ernie Packard donation
8/22 12
noon Carl's house in
Buxton to sort track and set out trains for sale from the Stewart (Unity, ME)
collection purchase, Packard collection donation and the Jerry & Judy Booth
collection purchase
9/20 12
noon General Meeting
at Carl's house in Buxton with auction. Items will be marked with the Auction
starting price and a “Buy Now” price for purchase before the auction
For more information about Club
Activities please contact Terry Norton
Jim
Jenkins held an open house at his A&J Railway in Gray on July 28 and
29. The A&J has two main lines with
sidings and a trolley line with stops in its Upper and Lower Village.
A.J.R.R. Switchback Curves
The
main lines rise from beside the pond through switchback curves around the lumber
mill and lower village.
On the east side they pass coal car storage yard.
Coal Car Yard
Then
the tracks enter a long, covered tunnel just past the Control Station, which
has a two line Bridgewerks transformer for the Main Line and a separate
transformer to run the Trolley Line.
Jim at the Control Station
Engine Workshop with Coaling and Oiling Stations
They continue downhill past the Buffalo Farm, Water Tower, Upper Village Trolley Station, Coal Mine and Coal Loading Operation.
Trolley at a Village Stop
Passenger Special Heading Downhill
Coal and Oil Trains Crossing Near the Pond
Layout visitors included members Doug Johnson, Terry & Sue Norton, Sam Carr, Scott Gould, Jim Muthig, and Ben Braithwaite. We also had a visit from three small children with their Mom. They really liked the trains!!
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