Cover photo; cover caption Lofty mountain peaks, towering bridges. and little trains: these were the hallmarks of John Allen's HO scale Gorre & Daphetid RR Here…
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Introduction by Andy Sperandeo
Article "John Allen's Gorre & Daphetid"
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isolated photo; photo 1 caption: 1. This is the view that greeted you when you came downstairs into John Allen's basement. The two large cities served by the…
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isolated photo; photo 2 caption: 2. Moving further in to the left in photo 1, the aisleway floor became the river surface at the bottom of Giant Canyon, with…
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isolated photo; photo 3 caption: 3. Clinging to the side of a sheer cliff as it climbs the steep grade to Andrews, no. 25 shows what the Gorre & Daphetid was…
isolated photo; photo 4 caption: 4. The GD Line worked its way through the Akinbaks by doubling back on itself over four tiers of track, which were closely…
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isolated photo; photo 5 caption: 5. John built night effects into the GD's lighting, with motorized controls that gradually dimmed the room as the layout lights…
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isolated photo; photo 6 caption: 6. The city of Port had the GD's greatest concentration of industry, and it looked important enough to make the railroad…
isolated photo; photo 7 caption: 7. Industrialized Andrews was right across the aisle from Port, and again this helped keep the big buildings from competing…
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isolated merged photo; photo 8 caption: 8. John loved the spectacular bridges needed on a mountain railroad, and the last one he built for the Gorre & Daphetid…
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isolated photo; photo 9 caption: 9. John kept his original 3'-7" x 6'-8" layout and made it part of both his later railroads. In this view at Gorre, the first…
Article "Remembering John Allen" by Glenn Beier page 1 of 3 (GDRP image of the photo)
