Finally!  A weekend away from work and the weather is perfect. So into Penticton.       The station is still clean and new new. Stoffer Construction did an amazing job on this building and everyone in town is bragging about … Continue reading →

  If you’re a regular visitor to this site you probably know that our group of 20 or so modelers, and non-modelers, has been tearing down and rebuilding sections of our public display layout from the very beginning some 20 … Continue reading →

    Actually no, and none in all of Canada either.  But today you will find an HO scale approximation of what “might have been” in Spanish Fork UT, right here in West Kelowna.  Dave Spritke, a newer member of our … Continue reading →

There’s always plenty of action in Lower Summerland.  The big mill is a scene of immense activity.  Powerful trucks carrying loads of logs beat a steady path through the mountains and down to the Mill.  Saws saw, chippers chip and the machinery of the lumber … Continue reading →

After many attempts our local group has finally made the big time.  We took dozens of photos, night and day, and from every conceivable angle and attached them to a story line that caught Morgans attention.  We’d tried in the … Continue reading →

All the members of the Central Okanagan Railway Company want to thank one of our long time members for his generous donation to our group. Blair Middleton has moved into a ‘full service’ community and there was just no room … Continue reading →

The group at CORC spent most of yesterday completing the scenery on the Midway display while keeping the coloured photos of the small yard taped up right in front of us.   As stated earlier, our goal was to recreate … Continue reading →

Much anguish resulted in the decision to strip Midway of it’s eclectic collection of ‘stuff’ and rebuild it into something vaguely representing the little town at Mile 0. There really wasn’t a great deal to see there. Not a great … Continue reading →

The Yardmmaster II (ATCS) Automatic Train Control System The Central Okanagan Railway Company needed a 100% reliable system that ran three trains in the Peachland Museum, on demand, and without the need for a supervisor. A visitor pushes a button, … Continue reading →

….although I’m sure there will be additions here, there and everywhere.  A car and some flashing lights I expect.  Lets see how it goes. We should take a quick tour around town and ask for suggestions. We’ll drop over to the … Continue reading →