The ROCK Management is in full liquidation mode now. There's no turning back. :-) I was happy to see many of the DPM city structures go to the neighboring Charleston, Roanoke & Eastern (CR&E) layout. Those structures were acquired from my friend Larry's Peconic layout. It's nice to see them kept in the family so to speak.
I've been working at gathering equipment and such to store temporarily while I dismantle the layout. Major destruction will begin in July.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
NEWSFLASH: Changes at the ROCK
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- NewsFlash –
May 31st, 2013
May 31st, 2013
On Friday, May 31st, the Rock Island Railroad:
Illinois Division officially shut down.
The notion to build the Rock Island Railroad: Illinois
Division was conceived in April 2010. By
May 28th, 2010 construction had begun. In six short months, the layout was
operational. For the next two and a half
years, the railroad operated eleven times, by eight different operators moving
a total of 166 freight and passenger trains.
In late January this year, the CEO of the Rock Island
Railroad began exploring ideas of building a new model railroad. As research was gathered, it became evident
that change was eminent.
The Board of Directors met behind closed doors debating
for some time the viability of a new layout, quickly nicknamed 2.0. It was not an easy decision to make as it met
great opposition. In the end, it was
decided it was best to focus on modeling the Rock Island prototypically verses
having a larger layout that exhibited no real identification of the ROCK.
- Newsflash –
June 1st, 2013
Effective, June 1st, the Rock Island: Ottawa
Sands (2.0) has been created. Steven
Johnson, CEO of the Rock Island: Illinois Division has been nominated as CEO of
the Rock Island: Ottawa Sands. Steven
will oversee the transition to the new layout.
The railroad expects to be offline for approximately one year during
this transition period.
There will be a liquidation of quite a few assets from
the Rock Island: Illinois Division as they will not be required on the new
layout.
The CEO reports the following surplus equipment will be
for sale. Please contact the CEO if you
would like more information:
·
Various DPM city/town structures
·
Other various industrial building kits (mostly
assembled)
·
Union Pacific & Southern Pacific Wheels of
Time passenger cars
·
Various Rock Island locomotives
·
Various vehicles and tractor trailers
·
(61) Various freight cars mostly from the late
70s era
·
Tunnel Portals
·
Kato Bridges
·
(22) Micro-Mark Car Card Boxes
Destruction of the Rock Island: Illinois Division will
commence in early July. The CEO projects
that benchwork on the Rock Island: Ottawa Sands layout will begin sometime in
August.
- News Update -
June 3rd, 2013
The blog is in the process of being updated to represent the new Rock Island: Ottawa Sands entity. Some pages have already been updated as well as the overall appearance of the blog.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
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