so they could be added as we went. Ground cover was made
from sifted and dyed sawdust, and ground foam as before.
Deciduous trees were made from a variety of dried weeds,
such as goldenrod. Evergreens were mostly done by carving
horsehair packing material.
16. While bathers enjoy the public beach in the
foreground, CN Northern #6153 pulls a passenger
train into Eastport Beach station. Behind the station
is a model of the Canada Crushed Stone mill that sat
on the CNR mainline at Dundas, ON, on the Niagara
Escarpment. Hopefully the wind is blowing off the lake,
as hiding behind those stock cars are cattle pens.
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Once the rearmost benchwork sections were completed, the
next row out was set up, and so on until everything was back
together. While all this was going on, other volunteers con-
tinued to frame the lounge area, and dry wall it, along with
entrance hallway, and completing the job by hanging T-bar ceil-
ings. A furnace contractor installed the two HVAC units in the
hallway before the ceiling was installed. Our landlord put in
three washrooms and a janitorial closet at the far end of the
17. CN 0-6-0 #7470 drills freight cars in Kelso yard.
Frank knew the late Bill Lenoir of Florida, and Bill built
two locos for Frank, this being one of them. For a while
Frank and Gay lived in Chesley, ON. He measured
and photographed the station there, and then built the
model of it seen behind the switcher.
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