January 2009

Article: John Allen's Fabulous Gorre & Daphetid by Andy Sperandeo
merged pages 1 and 2 of 6; photo caption: From the late 1940s to the 1970s, John Allen's HO Gorre & Daphetid RR represented the finest model railroading had to…

merged pages 1 and 2 of 6, mirrored to the correct orientation

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isolated page 3 photo; photo caption: Great Divide, with the railroad's largest freight yard and passenger terminal, was the operating hub of the G-D Line.…
page 4 of 6 (GDRP image of the top photo)
isolated page 4 photo 1; photo caption: John's favorite job in operating sessions was the Gorre switcher, working the yard here and the branch line to Daphetid…
isolated page 4 photo 2; photo caption: John detailed and weathered his locomotives to give Gorre & Daphetid power a distinctive look. In operation, each engine…

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isolated page 5 photo; photo caption: When MR's Andy Sperandeo operated the G-D Line, his assignment was always one of the two switch engines that worked the…

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isolated and merged page 6 photo; photo caption: Gorre & Daphetid passenger schedules were tight for their mountain route. Here Pacific 56 leads train 4's…
Correction from the February 2009 issue r.e. the flipped image