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Port Kelsey Railway Layout

My Port Kelsey Railway is a double deck, point-to-point operating layout, or at least it will be eventually….

Named for my late grandfather, W.C. Kelsey, and the source for its inspiration. Born in Brockville Ontario, my grandfather spent his life as an inventor, a machinist, a cheese maker, a boilermaker, and too many other talents to mention. I spent many of my formative years working with him, and attribute my work ethic and creative abilities to being his young apprentice of life.

Starting in 1992, a small module was built measuring 2? X 10? using a combination of a published track plan and a freelance design. This piece was completed about 4 years later. The “original module”, as it has become to be known, features hand laid #4 code 70 turnouts (the hard way, before I had the fixtures), a Soundtraxx DC throttle, some scratch built and kit built structures and a fully matrixed control panel driving home built slow motion switch machines.

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Tim’s Workbench

“An empty bench is the sign on an empty mind.”

I thought I would include an honest picture of my workbench. Usually before an open house I clean it up, but now I like to show it as it really is. I did remove all the empty beer bottles for this picture though.

Check back often to view the What’s New On My Workbench page for my latest projects!

My Workbench
Image Copyright © Tim Warris

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Sunset 2-8-2- Mikado

A Sunset 2-8-2 Mikado sitting on a Diamond scale turntable.

This was my very first brass engine, purchased before the price of brass engines got stupid. I paid $140.00 CDN (That’s about $94 in US dollars) for this engine in 1993. You would never find a deal like that now.

I heavily reworked the Diamond Scale turntable, with ball bearings and finer detail. They look nice if you put the work into them. It’s not yet motorized; I plan on getting to that soon. I don’t intend on indexing it, as the real ones weren’t and it’s close enough to the operator to see it clearly.

Makido
Image Copyright © Tim Warris

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