Colin Dover’s BC Hydro Railway

The Prototype

  • Prototypical/Freelanced: Prototype
  • Prototype: BC Hydro Railway
  • Location: East Vancouver, Burnaby and New Westminster BC
  • Era: 1965
  • Interchange: Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, and Great Northern

The Layout

  • Location: New Westminster
  • Scale: HO
  • Size: 20×28 feet
  • Control: Lenz DCC with CVP throttles
  • Accessibility: Some stairs to basement
  • Motive power: SW 900’s plus interchange locomotives
  • Rolling stock: 200 freight cars
  • Track construction: code 70 hand laid

Operations

  • Dispatching: Yard limit switching
  • Car Forwarding: CC&WB
  • Train lengths: 6 to 20 cars
  • Session atmosphere: relaxed and informal