"Branchline" action at Washago

Here is the Huntsville Switcher at Washago a few days ago, northbound after lifting some tank cars at the Longford chemical plant. Of course, the track in the foreground is the former Newmarket Subdivision mainline (see Steam at Allandale, Steam Scenes of Allandale and Steam in Northern Ontario), now reduced to a spur from Washago southward.

The magnificent 150-ton coaling plant, a monument to the CNR steam era, stands in the background. Some years ago I began modelling (and documenting) a scratchbuilding attempt in S scale. That one is on the shelf for now. But now, Jeff Smith and I have aspirations of building one or two of these in N scale. These structures are captivating in any scale, especially 1:1.