Aberfoyle Junction - 3
The front fascia ran diagonally across the room, leaving about
half the room as viewing area.
By the next spring Frank was working on the benchwork, when
he met Chuck Bard during a steam fan trip. Chuck immedi-
ately became interested, and joined Frank. Chuck’s wife, Gwen,
who is very artistic and enjoys making scenery, also came on
board. That same year,
Wayne Pfeiffer, who
knew Chuck through
a common interest in
Lionel trains, joined
the group. In 1975,
Craig Webb, a mem-
ber of the Hamilton,
ON Society of Model
Railroaders, discovered
the group, and was
invited to join. The way
the group’s interests
dovetailed made possi-
ble the now-developing
layout.
First, the overall con-
cept would be rec-
reating a Southern
Ontario scene from
the late 1950s, fea-
turing both Canadian
National and Canadian
Pacific as two separate
railways. Frank really
enjoyed track work,
and Chuck enjoyed
building models of CN and CP steam locomotives, but profes-
sionally was a master electrician, and so he devised the electri-
cal circuits. Craig had a fondness for building models of CN or
CP passenger equipment. But we all had a hand in everything.
The layout needed many structures, and rolling stock, some of
which were built by other friends in the hobby.
The model railway progressed a few more years with some
additions, such as a small stub freight yard, but by 1979 we
were envisioning a larger layout, if we could find suitable
space. Also, by this time the Antique Market had new owners,
and we were under a lease agreement. As luck would have it,
3. November 1972, we find
Frank Dubery standing by the
beginning benchwork in the
barn at the Aberfoyle Antique
Market.
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4. A portion of the layout in the barn. The mountain
scene has now survived two moves.
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