John Green's Coquihalla Valley Railway
John Green's Coquihalla Valley Railway
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The COQUIHALLA VALLEY RAILWAY is an HO scale model railway based on the Coquihalla and Merritt Subdivisions of the Kettle Valley Railway, which was owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It attempts to recreate the setting where men built and tried to operate a railway through the Cascade Mountains in southwestern B.C.. This route was so rugged and the winter snows so deep and treacherous that both First Nations People and the Hudson's Bay Company personnel rarely used it. The name Coquihalla is derived from a native word meaning "Hungry Waters". So please take care, keep dry, and don't fall in the river.
The Kettle Valley Railway's 58-mile Coquihalla Subdivision ran from the former division point at Brookmere, through the valleys of the Coldwater and Coquihalla Rivers to the village of Hope, where connections were maintained with both the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Railways. This model railway attempts to recreate some of the major engineering works along this rugged section of railway. Visitors to this model railway can see the siding arrangements at Coquihalla, Hope and the Shakespearean stations of Othello, Portia, and Iago. In some cases extra spurs have been added to increase operational interest during operating sessions. In order to add additional switching and operational interest, parts of the Merritt subdivision have been incorporated into the layout.
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The COQUIHALLA VALLEY RAILWAY is an HO scale model railway based on the Coquihalla and Merritt Subdivisions of the Kettle Valley Railway, which was owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It attempts to recreate the setting where men built and tried to operate a railway through the Cascade Mountains in southwestern B.C.. This route was so rugged and the winter snows so deep and treacherous that both First Nations People and the Hudson's Bay Company personnel rarely used it. The name Coquihalla is derived from a native word meaning "Hungry Waters". So please take care, keep dry, and don't fall in the river.
The Kettle Valley Railway's 58-mile Coquihalla Subdivision ran from the former division point at Brookmere, through the valleys of the Coldwater and Coquihalla Rivers to the village of Hope, where connections were maintained with both the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Railways. This model railway attempts to recreate some of the major engineering works along this rugged section of railway. Visitors to this model railway can see the siding arrangements at Coquihalla, Hope and the Shakespearean stations of Othello, Portia, and Iago. In some cases extra spurs have been added to increase operational interest during operating sessions. In order to add additional switching and operational interest, parts of the Merritt subdivision have been incorporated into the layout.
Track Plans
| Superintendent | John Green | ||
| Location | South Western British Columbia Cascade Range Ruby Creek to Brookmere and Merritt | Interchange | Canadian National & Canadian Pacific |
| Size | 13.5 feet by 25 feet Plus Branch Line Room size is 540 square feet | Scale | HO standard guage |
| Era | September 1955 | Control | DCC Lenz – Tethered and CVP throttles |
| Clock Speed | Normally 6:1 this sometimes changes without notice depending on traffic or session dynamics.. | Session Length | 3 - 4 hours |
| Crew Size | 5-6 Train Crew running trains.1 Yard Master 1 Dispatcher and 3 train order operators | Dispatching | TT&TO |
| Car Forwarding | Car Cards and Waybills | Communication | Telephones |
| Accessibility | Stair Free access possible – 24” aisles Layout Height 36” to 62” | Website | CQVR |
| Prototype/Freelanced Scale | Proto Freelanced based on Canadian Pacific Railway Kettle Valley Division Coquihalla and Merritt Sub Divisions | Length of Mainline | Visible operational 220 ‘ Staging 100 ‘ |
| Yards | Brookmere Division Point yard; Wayfreight switching at Hope , Othello, Portia, Iago, Juliet, Merritt, and Nicola | Number of Passing Sidings | 6 |
| Scenery Complete | 50% | Carspots | 140 |
| Motive Power | First generation Diesel | Rolling Stock | 160 Freight and Passenger traffic |
| Train Lengths | 14 cars including caboose | Track Construction | Flex some hand laid switches |
| Session Atmosphere | Business-like - getting the traffic over a Mountain railway |
