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The Metaline Falls RR
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Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:37:19 GMT
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Hello all,
Many of you may have already seen this, but for those who haven’t, let me take
this opertunity to introduce you to my LEGO model railroad project: The
Metaline Falls RR.
My Freelance railroad takes its name from the small town of Metaline Falls
located on the Pend Oreille River, north of Spokane Washington.
Although It shares a name and location with a real place, this is where most of
the similarities end.
My railroad follows an alternate history where the Pend Oreille Mine hit a rich
deposit of ore in the mid 30’s leading to wide prosperity in the area. The mine
is now one of the largest in the state and is still in operation today.
Currently The Metaline Falls RR serves the BNSF with ore, logs and timber and
receives loads of treated lumber at the Sand Creek Furniture Factory.
The inspiration for this railroad has come from everyone out there in the LEGO
trains community but the work of Jonathan Lopez is what really pushed me to try
it for myself.
My goal is to create a small LEGO model railroad that has the same attention to
detail and prototype realism that the more conventional layouts have, yet still
highlights the fun and uniqueness that the LEGO bricks offer.
More images on my
Flickr page
Enjoy!
-Matt Forcum
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: The Metaline Falls RR
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| (...) Looking good! Nice bridge and river! Do you have more pix of the layout or sections of it? I'd like to see more if you have them. (...) Glad to hear that! I get most of my inspiration from the community as well. (...) Best, Jonathan (17 years ago, 4-Sep-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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