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Named for the town of Midnight as in Midnight & Sometimes Later, and site of various businesses served by the railroad. This town has grown as a result of the building of the new NWX Yard. (Updated 09/08/07) |
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Bradley Manufacturing is named after Ed's middle son
who is an engineer. (Updated 12/09/07) |
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Mark's Bakery is named for Ed's youngest son.
What better place for Mark to practice his love of cooking than in a bakery. (Updated 12/09/07) |
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Doug Feed Mill is named for Ed’s oldest son
and a true animal lover, it was natural to name the feed mill after him. (Updated 12/09/07) |
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A complex being built by Kelly that will include a grain silo, distillation towers, and facilities for unloading grain and loading tank cars. (Updated 12/09/07) |
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Building named for Peter Bryan who suggested we include this building as a local switching location in the old Midnight yard. (Updated 09/08/07) |
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Laser Kit that Ed is
building (Updated 09/08/07) |
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This town is on the train room window ledge.(Updated 10/30/05) |
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This was the name of the kit I bought to put on a Northwest Crossing Module. I liked the name because Darlene & I are members of Fair Haven United Methodist Church. Remember, this is a bottling company, not a brewery. (Updated 10/30/05) |
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This factory was made from the Walthers Hardwood Furniture kit. (Updated 10/30/05) |
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Also named for the kit and I like the town of Red Wing Minnesota. (Updated 10/30/05) |
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Named for Luke Weston Dibble born on Mothers Day 2002. I will encourage him to become a model railroader. To fit this space Kelly scratch-built this bridge with parts from three kits.(Updated 10/30/05) |
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Ledgeville has several small businesses in the thriving little town. (Updated 11/07/02) |
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Going a bit too fast can result in disaster if drivers are caught unaware of the sharp turn in the road at the edge of town. (Updated 1/2/05) |
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This ceramic house in an exact replica of the house at 1e Egelantierdwarsstraat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Updated 10/30/05) |
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Named for my granddaughter Jessica Sung. Jessica Junction might sound better, but this isn't really a junction. (Updated 10/22/05) |
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M&SL Crews must approach the diamond with care. (Updated 10/06/05) |
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A busy job watching for trains on tracks that go into 2 tunnels, past a depot and across bridge as they cross here.(Updated 10/21/03) |
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I was trying to come up with a name for the church and had just finished reading Jan Karon's latest book about the Episcopal Priest at Lords Chapel. Her stories are so enjoyable that it just seemed right to name the church "Lords Chapel" (Updated 11/07/02) |
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Kit-bashed from Accumate kit to get from the Depot across Lord's Creek to the chapel (Updated 11/07/02) |
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"All Aboard for heaven... next stop - the Pearly Gates" (Updated 11/11/02) |
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Woodlands scenics kit detailed and painted by Kelly. (Updated 11/11/02) |
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Named for my grandson Charles Sung. |
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Boys will be boys. Watch for them waving at the engineers from their tree house. A Woodland Scenics kit detailed and painted by Kelly. (Updated 11/07/02) |
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Hanley Falls |
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Located just 13 miles south of Ed's hometown of Granite Falls, Minnesota. Location of the first interchange track created in 1901 between the Great Northern and the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroads. (Updated 1/2/05) |
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We talked about Peoria on the first page. This is the lead to the hidden staging yard. (Updated 1/2/05) |
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These are the main storage tracks for the railroad. These tracks also serve as an interchange location for eastbound trails to Chicago. (Updated 1/2/05) |
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Appropriately named homestead built right under the rocks. (Updated 10/30/05) |
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Named for two Katie's. Kelly's daughter Katie Russell, a model railroad fan when not playing soccer or running cross country, and my youngest granddaughter Katie Dibble. (Updated 10/23/05) |
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Named after Kelly's father who loves to fish. While sitting at the bar the locals will tell you that you should have been here last week when the fish were really biting. (updated 10/21/03) |
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This 1930 bungalow on the Katie Lake shore is similar to Ed and Darlene's first house. (Updated 10/30/05) |
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If Kelly's wife Suzanne lived on a lake, this is the house she would want. (Updated 10/23/05) |
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A place to see and be seen on the beach. Activities range from sunning and relaxing to Water-skiing. "NO TOPLESS BATHING - PLEASE". (Updated 11/5/02) |
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New tower at the top of Lord's Siding. Good Vantage point for looking at the lake. (Updated 1/2/05) |
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This is the town, Sometimes Later serviced by the MSL. |
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The passenger depot in Sometimes Later. (updated 01/03/05) |
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Named for Kelly's son Scott Russell. We haven't quite figured out what Scott Industries does. They get steel coil cars and boxcars and ship manufactured products in gondolas and boxcars. (Updated 1/2/05) |
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Every town serviced by a railroad needs a freight house (Updated 11/11/02) |
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Jerry Edwards of Northwest Crossing Model Railroad Club challenged the members to scratch build something made out of wood. Kelly made this loading ramp for the team track and earned a BLUE RIBBON at the 2002 San Jacinto Train Show. (Updated 10/07/02) |
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Located in the center of Sometimes Later, thus named Central Gas Supply. (Updated 1/2/05) |
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Most elevators are named Farmers Grain Co-Op. The people in Sometimes are just a tad different. They named theirs Grain Farmer's Co-Op (Updated 10/30/05) |
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Named for the president of the MSL. (Updated 11/11/02) |
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Built in 1927 for access to the Lake and Hanley Falls |
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Another busy railroad office where trains are dispatched to/from the depot, across the Gap while always watching out for local switches. (Updated 01/02/05) |
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A favorite stop for sweets after a day of shopping in Downtown Sometimes Later. Teresa also provides goodies for the November open house. Teresa is married to Ed's son Brad and is the mother of Leah Kay, Katie, and Luke Weston.(Updated 1/3/05) |
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Water Tower for Sometimes Later (Updated 1/2/05) |
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Park in Sometimes Later (Updated 01/03/05) |
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Kelly's Gap |
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This is the duck-under space into the middle of the layout. Watch your feet there might be water in the Gap. |
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This motorized bascule bridge spanning Kelly's Gap is named for Ed's granddaughter. She, of all Ed's children and grandchildren, shares his love for trains. (updated 10/23/05) |
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Pick your own fruit trees are highlighted in the orchard. (Updated 10/30/05) |
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Hillside Village |
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This town is on a hillside, so naturally it is named Hillside. They have an M&SL depot, a cafe and several businesses in their little town. Notice the stairway the workers in Midnight use when going to the Hillside Café for beans. |
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The smallest depot on the railroad (Updated 10/31/05 |
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At this famous café you will see many MSL employees enjoying their noon meal. (Updated 11/4/02) |
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Several businesses are going strong here in Hillside - there is a storefront for lease if you care to. |
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Detailed by Kelly |
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The company painting the front of the Hillside building is named after Doug, Brad & Mark, Ed's three sons. |
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Hillside City Hall has undergone a bit of modernization with the addition of the stucco facade.(Updated 10/31/05) |
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The highway just skirts the edge of town. Watch for trains after turning down Main Street(update 10/06/05) |
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NWX Yard |
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NWX Yard is named for the Modular RR Club Ed and Kelly belonged to for years. The yard was built in 2007 in the closet above the workbench. The enginge service facility has been moved from Midnight here. |
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Every yard must have the central office and engine facility. This is where the action is. Access to the engine house is accomplished by using the switchback in then yard. This facility was moved from the old Midnight Yard in 2007 (Updated 09/08/07) |
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The NWX yard tower is
named for the Senior Vice President of the M&SL a tireless worker without
whom the railroad would not be in its present condition. (Updated 0/08/07) |
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Inbound yard tracks (Updated 09/08/07) |
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Outbound yard and car storage tracks (Updated 09/08/07) |
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This switchback allows the engines to be maneuvered to and from the rest of the yard . (Updated 09/08/07) |
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Updated 12/09/07