Modelling Pacific North-West in the 1940's
I have been an active model railroader since my teens. After Finnish and European themed layouts I decided to model the Pacific-Northwest in the 1940s. These pages will describe why and how.
 
Hannu Peltola, Espoo, Finland

Picture: A Great Northern Mikado is pulling a local freight through Burlington, Wa. in the late 1940’s. An old GN doodle-bug is today utilized as Vancouver B.C. – Seattle local train and the dispatcher has put it in the hole to wait the local freight. Do you recognize the green truck in the right part of the picture? It is actually not an US model but it isn’t totally obvious: this truck was a Russian copy of a 1930’s US military truck.   

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Choosing the prototype
Great Northern Railway in the Pacific Northwest
Modelled area
Premises
Standards
Operations
Rolling Stock
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 PNW of the 1940's  

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