While the Atlas 9" turntable indexes at 30 degree increments it can be altered for 15 degree also. Carefully cut the outside rim to allow the flanges to pass thru. The wheel face will ride on the outs

Has anyone modeled the engine house with turntable? I am hoping to start on it shortly. I am planning to use the 11 track atlas turntable to save space. Also I will only have single entrance track fro

OK. Story about the mill spur there. In the winter of 2006 we took the 'Tracks to Trails' train to Hearst. When we got to Limer, the train stopped and backed up the spur. A few minutes later, a northb

https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/forestry/wawa-wood-plant-to-restart-with-180m-investment-5254581 I'm thinking this mill isn't exactly in Wawa, but over on the ACR? Kris Roenigk A

For those of you modelling pulp wood load outs here is an interesting article from Saturdays Thunder Bay paper. It pertains to Great Lakes Paper, but the same methods and equipment would be used by Ab

Please find below some information from the Industrial Minerals Report of 1963 on Silica. Does anyone have any further information or pictures of this operation by Bellevue? I would assume the ACR mov

Any reports yet of sightings of action on the new Agawa Canyon Railroad? Start up was February 1st, a month ago. Greg Peet Portage MI

I am hoping to renumber some of my HO diesel GP7s, 9s, 35s, SD40s, 40-2s, and SW8s, which come from a range of manufacturers - Kato, Proto, Atlas, etc. I see a King decal set for sale. Does anyone kno

This is pure speculation, but I wonder if these iron ore pellet's in this photo came from Sudbury , Inco, and Moose Mountain? I also wonder if Sudbury pellets went by rail to Dofasco also?

Another article from Inco Triangle, this one from September 1976 discussing iron ore pellets. The pellets are 67% iron which is a high iron number for pellets.

Please find a not very good scan of an article in the INCO Triangle, October 1970 on " Inco Iron Ore Goes to Mills by Rail, Boat". The first paragraph of this article stated that 25% of INCO's iron or

Here is an ad from 1955 talking about the new iron ore plant and its quality. Suitable to go straight to blast furnace.

WATCO has a page for Agawa Canyon rr now Agawa Canyon Railroad (ACR) - Watco

As of Saturday night, the first engine arrived in the Sault for Watco's pending takeover. WAMX/WSOR SD40-2 4182 arrived in Ontario Saturday evening, and two others were in Green Bay, WI. Apparently th

Can anyone verify the Height of the engine house walls to the peak of a monitor at 30Ft and the Back Shop Monitor peak at 50.5 ft. Reg Laprise 524 Corbin Crt. Mississauga, ON L5A 1M3 (905) 949 2188 (H

In the yard in Steelton and down to the bridge across the river and to the new ACR station do you know if any of the switches are remote switched? Up the line at random sidings, say Frater, are those

Today, what goes north and what goes south from the Sault up the line? I know cut timber goes goes into the Sault... thanks

The 250-mile Algoma Central will begin operations under Watco management on Feb. 1. The railroad – Watco’s first in Canada – will employ 27 people. Motive power will include six SD40-2s and a pair of

Is Mead a regular log dump? I was there sometime before 2017. I thought something was strange that wile it looked like the mill had been razed sometime in the past, the bark on the ground looked recen