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Mike Rourke's O&W Layout

Photos by Bill Comley

Mike Rourke's O&W Layout. This N-gauge (1/160) layout commemorates the now-vanished Ontario & Western Railroad.  This famous layout was featured in Great Model Railroads 2000.  

The Ontario & Western's Kingston branch terminated at the O&W Depot in the middle of Kingston, New York. The O&W had a long and difficult existance, and finally went out of business in March 1957.  To find out more about the O&W, go to the Hudson Valley Railroad Links page and go to the Historical Societies, Museums, Clubs link.

The town section. The buildings in the middle of town are scratchbuilt replicas of well-known buildings in Kingston.	The center of town.	The industrial section. The buildings are scratchbuilt replicas of Kingston area industries.
The shack in the corner, behind the trees (is that corn mash boiling in the still?).	Sheffield Farms Creamery.	Limestone hill, with tunnel. This represents part of the cement industry that once flourished in the Kingston area. A model mine (not visible) is built into the hillside. The large set of buildings in the middle crush and load limestone.
Closeup of building. Note the exquisite detailing and weathering. This is N-gauge, folks!	Closeup of the Sheffield Farms Creamery.	Closeup of the tunnel entrance under the limestone hill. A kitbashed O&W EMD FT diesel is going in.

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