Whether it's the busy Chehalis River industrial metropolis of
Montesano, the rainy stations of Wickwood and Headquarters, or the funky
logging camp and company coal town in the forests of Coal Grove - I
hope you find something to enjoy looking at and that it stokes your
fires for freelance prototype model railroading.
What
do I mean by freelance prototype? Well you wont find the Western
Washington Short Line referenced in any books, magazines or railroad
historical societies, or located on any map except the one here. The
WWSL is a fictional Class III railroad, occupying a real logging
railroad right of way originally built by the Schaefer Brothers Lumber
Company in the early 1900's, with its own alternate history blended into
the real economic and social history of Gray's Harbor County. Right of
Way, operations, motive power and rolling stock are adapted from
prototype diagrams, plans, standards and usage whenever possible,
modified when the necessities of modeling interfere with reality. I'll
footnote reality whenever possible.
All individual and
company names used in context of the Western Washington Short Line,
unless specifically identified, are fictional, some even humorous if you
notice it, and as the movie trailers say - any resemblance to people
living or dead is purely coincidental.
As of August 21,
2015 I have bought a basement - with a house above it for the new
location of the WWSL. Armchair railroading has ceased, deconstruction
has taken place and construction has begun! I am presently looking for
local model railroaders interested in construction and operations to
join me in bringing the WWSL back to life - no experience necessary!
The
email connection is so you can make comments, suggestions, or ask
questions. Connecting and learning from one another is a large part of
what has always made model railroading such a great hobby. When
construction reaches an operational state, visitors are welcomed to stop
by to see (and hear) the WWSL in person. Use the email connection to
make arrangements.
S. B. (Stan) Clinard
President and Chairman
Dayton, OH
Follow the construction of the Western Washington Short Line, a HO multi-deck layout freelance - prototype railroad model in the 1950s based on my interests in Class III railroads, traction, logging and coal mining ...
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