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Florida Springs
Mon, 2015-02-16 00:57 — wsor4050
Hi all
First post here
Id like to share a couple of videos of my latest exhibition layout with you
The first one was taken on Thursday morning and was the first test run on the layout that I started on Tuesday
The second one was taken on Saturday afternoon
The part you can see is 6 feet long by 1 foot deep
The two CF7s are Athearn units with Kato motors and ESU LokSound decoders
FCEN is a custom job by Southern Tier Models. It's CVs still need some tweaking
Florida Springs is a small town set to the west of Orlando and is on part of the Florida Highland Line (My freelance Pinsly railroad)
Your comments are welcome
thanks
Chris Gilbert
England
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Funny I spend more time explaining about the name
Florida Highland Railroad is named after the city it runs from
in real life my FHRR is now part of the Fort Fraser Trail
Taken from Wikipedia
The modern-day area of Highland City was the site of the United State Army's Fort Fraser, established in 1837 during its war with the Seminole Indians. Zachary Taylor, former U.S. President, commanded the fort for a short period. Fort Fraser was abandoned shortly after its construction.
In 1885, the Pemberton Ferry Branch of the South Florida Railroad was completed between Lakeland and Bartow. The area now known as Highland City was the only stop between the two larger cities. The stop, and eventual village, was named for the Haskell brothers, who were early investors in the South Florida Railroad. E. B. Haskell was a newspaper publisher from Boston, Massachusetts and his brother Dr. C. C. Haskell, of Maitland, Florida, was an original stakeholder in the South Florida Railroad. In addition to the town of Haskell, the South Florida Railroad's #6 locomotive was named the E. B. Haskell.[3]
The Haskell freight depot was built by the railroad company along the roadway that would later become U.S. Highway 98. (In 1958, the depot was demolished due to its proximity to the roadway, and was replaced by a new freight building).[4] The first postmaster (and also the first freight agent of the depot) in Haskell, Thomas A. Goode, was appointed on February 9, 1887.[5]
On December 9, 2006, the community saw the grand opening of the Fort Fraser Trail, a 7.75-mile pedestrian and bicycle trail extending from the Polk State College campus south to Bartow.
Chris
Nice Work
Really like your weathering, looks very believable. Overall effect is good. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Wes
Sioux Falls, South Dakota