There's a short video of Dick's layout that I must get a copy of.
Keep reminding me.
cheers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Willam Fraley" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:59 AM
Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: S Scale/Gauge in Ottawa
>
>
> Ottawa, Canada ...
>
> One of the very finest NASG conventions that Mary and I ever attended was
> in
> Ottawa in 1976.
>
> We thought we would never get there as it is loooong drive, but once in
> Ottawa you found it a most beautiful city and a photographers delight.
>
>
>
> Back then there were many very good S gaugers living there, the most
> famous
> was Dick Arthur and his monstrous S scale layout. What I remember most is
> how Dick placed a movie camera on a flat car and ran it around filming his
> layout, later he actually taped a sound track to the film, absolutely
> amazing. His model work was also exceptional. Reg Bilodeu also had great
> scale layout, what I most remembered about that was his silver paper
> skies,
> his machine shop and the Locomotive he scratch built in that shop and how
> he
> had it blocked up and it ran perfectly on a display. I'm sure Reg won many
> awards with that locomotive, I believe it was an Early American
> Consolidation. Frank Milotte's layout was opened several times for us.
>
>
>
> Everyone was so friendly and many of our American S gauge friends also
> attended the convention.
>
> Mary and I followed the Rideau Canal back to stateside. Yes, a wonderful
> convention, celebrating our Nations 200th birthday, that is why they named
> it the Constitutional Convention. ( I have a rather large slide file on
> that
> trip.8>)
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>
>
> I don't know how many are still living from that convention, but I want to
> thank them again from the bottom of my heart... Thank You!
>
>
>
> "S"ee Ya,
>
> Bill (FRaley)
>
>
>
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