Several pictures shared by members from SUPERTRAIN 2025 held at the Olympic Oval April 5th and 6th.
A video shared by Richard a 2nd video shared by Richard and a 3rd video shared by Richard
And a video shared by Adam’s Brick Junction
Check out the cruse ship at 28:55, Cantrak starts at 1:25:54 to 1:31:05
Cantrak, the early days
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On these pages you will find photos and/or drawings of some of the projects we are working on, or have completed.
As part of what I needed to do prior to SuperTrain, all of the Kato expandable connectors needed a modification. When two tables go together and the Kato track has a bit of a hump in it, that can cause a piece of the Kato track to stick up, creating a very small vertical piece of track which was enough to stop some engines when their low hung snow plows hit the vertical piece and stop dead! While this didn’t affect a lot of engines it would affect some. The solution is to take the expandable piece apart and file down the offending piece of track putting in a nice curve so that when that snow plow hits, it’ll ride up the curve rather than stop dead. This work requires every one of our current 40 expandable track joiners worked on. The joiner piece needs to be disassembled and the track carefully filed, then reassembled.
We start with a pile of Kato Expandable Joiners (KEJ). Note that they have “CAN” in red not he bottom and these are our “standard” insulated joiners, designed to work with our modules.
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One of the features of the new Fiddle Yard is to have LEDs embedded in the track in each siding so that when that siding is powered the red LEDs light up to show that the track is powered. The plan is to have an LED at each end of the Fiddle Yard demarcating the power zone. That section of track is isolated from the turnouts so you can easily see what track is powered and what isn’t. However, Kato doesn’t have track like this so work has to be done.
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The collection "Current Modules" contains examples of the modules typically used for public displays.
The collection "Current Modules" contains examples of the modules typically used for public displays.
- Why have modules?
- The Pulp Mill two-module set
- The Restaurant and maze - with the Pulp Mill forms the "South Loop".
- The Big Rock Corner.
- Prairie Sentinel -a grain elevator.
- John C.'s prairie town.
- The Burns Fire Corner - site of a minor industrial incident.
- Cominco and Fiddle Yard exit.
- Prairie Meets Foothills.
- Athabasca Imagined #1
- Michael S.'s module
- Athabasca Imagined #2
- Brusse Industrial Park and fiddle yard entry.
- Drive-In Theater (screen is down for repair)
- Sleepee Camp Corner (campground and lake).
- Chisel Lake #1 (with Thomas the Train loop).
- Chisel Lake #2
- Long's Farm corner.
- Towson's Gas Works -The "Gasometer" (coal gas facility).
- The Engine Repair Facility & CANTRAK office building (leads into the "North Loop).
- The Roundhouse and townsite (two-module set making the North Loop).
These may change as some get retired and others are constructed.
Click here to go to the Plans and Projects Gallery
"Older Images" is a collection of random images from the past few years.
- 2007 -- Emerging from a tunnel in the snow.
- Bringing in the modules for Railway Days 2011.
- Heading into the Gunn Barn at Heritage Park -2005.]
- A townsite at Railway Days 2011.
- Entrance to the old fiddle yard - 2011.
- Bruce's city #1 -2011.
- Bruce's city (2) -2011.
- Bob Z.'s winter scene.
- Willy at "Port Arthur" -2012 Supertrain
- Club Playday setup - Feb 2012
- The old mine as seen in 2013.
- "Port Arthur" (1) - from 2013
- Another view of "Port Arthur" in 2013
- Module representing the town of Alsask - Supertrain 2013.
- Rocky Mountains behind the townsite and quarry - Supertrain 2013.
- Bruce overseeing his 3-module city in 2013.
- A pair of European prototype locomotives crossing the high trestle.