[ebnertra000]

Those do look pretty real. That last one, though...is that some sort of optical illusion, or is the road just that steep? That would be fun in the snow and ice...

[wacampbell]

Tim, you are welcome to repost any of the pics to your site.

Travis, that road is pretty steep. But then the trucks ran on two-inch spiked steel rims in the winter so those mountain grades aren't a problem - try that on today's highways.

Thanks for the encouraging comments.

Wayne

[wacampbell]

This weeks efforts resulted in a new enclosed water tank model for the CVP. I based it on a eight sided CPR plan.
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I animated the spout and triggered water particles to flow while the tender is filling.
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And I finished up this little scene at Adams Bay. The section gang stores some supplies here and the ramp is used by local industries as a team track.
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Next, I'll move on to the harbor area at Adams Bay ...

[timmuir]

Oh, that's cool! The water animation is the icing on the cake. :wub: And great little scene, Wayne, something you've always excelled at. :thumbup3:

[wacampbell]

I spent time this week working on the lake shore around Adams Bay ( see map ).

In the early 1900s the inland lakes were still a major part of BC's transportation network. Lakes, such as the Okanagan and the Arrow lake system, ran for hundreds of miles north to south and reached into regions inaccessible by other means of transport. Early railways were built first to link the lakes with each other, and eventually to link them to the transcontinental railways and the outside world.


To this day, many parts of BC's rail network are only accessible by water. Railcar barges were a common site on the inland lakes, often carrying both cars and locomotive to reach an isolated branch line.
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The railways operated a fleet of steam tugs to move the barges. This tug, loosely based on the CPR's Naramata, could handle two barges of ten cars.
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I envision Adams Bay as being somewhere along Okanagan Lake, with the CVP providing connections to Arrow Lake at Columbia, and to the outside world via its line south and the CPR interchange at Panaska.
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One great source of inspiration for me is Max Jacquiard's many paintings of the area. This one really inspired my scene.
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Next week - I'll continue around Adam's Bay with the steamboat passenger dock area. ..


Wayne

[timmuir]

You are killing me!! These scenes are fantastic and really stirs up my old love of BC railroads. And thanks for the link to the Max Jacquiard painting. If I wasn't into so much already, I could easily get enveloped into the Pacific Great Eastern, having had a taste of it during a visit in the 1970's.

And I love your tug boat. Beautiful! :wub:

And nice little 0-6-0...;)

[wacampbell]

Thanks Tim.

This week I worked on the passenger terminal at Adams Bay. Steam powered paddle-wheelers carried travelers up and down the lake system. And railways provided connections between lakes and on to outside destinations.


At Adams Bay the steamboat Sicamous meet's CVP's Prospector Limited, a deluxe passenger train with non-stop service to Columbia and on to the CPR at Panaska.
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The Empress Hotel provides comfortable overnight accommodation for travelers.
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In later years, these lakeside hotels became popular tourist destinations in themselves. Tonight the sounds of Benny Goodman drift out over the lake from the hotel's dance hall while the late night train idles on the dock.
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This postcard was the inspiration for my scene.

Next up I have a little industrial building planned for the dock to add some additional switching locations. But the mystery is - what do they process? I have no idea. What sort of rail served business were on the waterfront of a BC lake? Fruit packing maybe? Hopefully I'll come up with something by next week - ha ha .


Wayne

[timmuir]

Fish! A cannery would make a good source of traffic, eh what?

I am in LOVE with this scene around the Empress! You could easily have been a set designer for a major motion picture studio, Wayne. It's all too, too gorgeous. And of course your skills in model building and scene composition is and has always been a source of inspiration.

I'm always looking forward to more scenes on the CVP. :thumbup3: :thumbup3:

[Mipman25]

Simply incredible.

[pnrailway]

Wayne,

I have only had experience on some of he lakes in southern BC as far north as Kamloops. I know on Harrison Lake there was still a thriving lumber business where they would fload the logs down the lake to the southern end and then down into the Frasier River to be floated towards Vancover. Don't know if you want to show something like that or not. I have spent some time at Harrison Hot Springs and over on the west side of the lake were log rafts waiting to be send down the connecting river to Harrison Mills and then on into the main Frasier River.