Switcherama is my new operating concept that is designed to give all operators a continuous running experience on the LVN.  It is an alternative to the standard trains that are scheduled on the LVN and provides interest and variety for the operators at one session.  Thirty-two strips of paper are created.  Each has a switching move which includes a pick up and drop off from an industry to a yard or from yard to industry or industry to industry or yard to yard.  The dispatcher controls the operation by giving the train orders (strips of paper) one at a time to each of

Crew change in Shelby on the LVN

Please enjoy video of November ops session

Annually the Ottawa Valley Garden Railway Society (OVGRS) opens it's doors to large scale modelers to come and run this point to point operating large scale railroad for three days.

On the station track as Shelby there is about 6 inches to the wall.  The backdrop creates depth to the scene and a natural transition from the layout to the horizon.  The station is a walthers kit and there are 32 (little people) LPs from Preiser and Woodland Scenic.  You can see some VIA cars on the storage track.  They are from Rapido.

Built from a Kato SD40.  It was originaly painted for CN.  Added scratch built sunshades and snow shields as well as detail parts such as horns, winterizaton hatch, rerailer, radio antennas, ditch lights.  The decals came from S scale and G scale CDS letters for Central Vermont Box cars.

This first one shows Mike and Brian operating the wayfreight which handles a number of local industries on the LVN

The second shows some operations in Richmond Yard.  This time saver switches 21 cars in and 21 out.  The record at prototype speed is 1 hour 33 minutes.

The CN Pointe Saint-Charles Shops are long gone.  However this clip gives you ideas for the modelling of CN maintenance facilities.  This beta video was edited in honour of the 50th anniversary of OVAR.

Here is a link to my Blog where you can view some Video operations action on the LVN.  Enjoy

http://lyonvalleynorthern.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-operations-on-lvn.html