The following links are for items not available on the gdlines.com site, the Yahoo G&D site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GandD,
or are provided as a convenience for links that may have been posted on the
Yahoo site in either messages or the “Links” section.
Last update March 12, 2012.
This page is located at:
http://witt-family.com/gorre-and-daphetid/G&D_Files.htm
or tiny URL
Track plans: G&D #1 G&D #2 G&D #3
(1963) G&D #3
(1972)
New Additions (not on gdlines.com web site)
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Note: The
pictures in the “greenish” rows are from magazines provided by Keith Trinity;
they were John Allen’s personal copies. Each of his photos is marked
with a small cut piece of loose-leaf paper. These 1947 issues, along with all
the 1948 issues were bound in a binder. There is smoke damage on the edges
and on some of the covers, but they nevertheless yielded these gems. In most
cases, better quality pictures are available on gdlines.com (and are
indicated), but the captions add much information that was previously not
known. |
03/12/2012 |
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Aug. 1947 The Model Craftsman A
photo of the dockside at Gorre station,
looks like “gorre1.jpg” from the gdlines.com website. |
03/12/2012 |
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Sept. 1947 The Model Craftsman Two
photos from the “Your Nabor’s Pike” feature,
showing G&D #1 under construction and the wood truss bridge standing
alone (“earlyevening.jpg” and “trussbridge1.jpg” from
the gdlines.com website). The caption says the bridge is from Southern
Pacific plans. |
03/12/2012 |
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Nov. 1947 The Model Craftsman This
is a cropped version of a picture that appears in the 1952 Model Railroad
Handbook. |
03/12/2012 |
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Dec. 1947 The Model Craftsman The
cover is a cropped and re-arranged version of the picture (same one from from the 1952 Model Railroad Handbook). Oddly, it was
originally one picture, but was cut/cropped and inverted top-to-bottom…odd. The
other photo, from Your Nabor’s Pike, is the same as
“generator.jpg” from gdlines.com. The “generator”,
according to the caption, is on its way to |
03/12/2012 |
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From the Sept. 1954 RMC Two
column blurbs about the demise of G&D #2 and JA moving. |
03/12/2012 |
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From the June 1956 RMC An
unflattering Q & A about the naming of the G&D. |
03/12/2012 |
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From the July 1966 MR A
Linn Westcott editorial regarding Jim Findley and John Allen using
photography to improve their model work. |
03/12/2012 |
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Sept. 1952 Model Railroader: Varney
Ad on rear cover, now at 600 DPI |
12/26/2011 |
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Dec. 1956 Model Railroader A
letter to the editor, with editor’s note, describing a car exchange with Bill
Livingston. |
12/26/2011 |
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June 1959 Model Railroader |
12/26/2011 |
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March 1954 Railroad Model Craftsman: The
Engine Terminal area on G&D #2, color at 600 DPI. Nice! |
12/26/2011 |
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June 1954 Railroad Model Craftsman: Diorama
photo from an article “Period Pikes”, a cropped version of “enginehousebright” from gdlines.com. |
12/26/2011 |
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Landmark Layouts 2012 Calendar The
red pacific (#56) at Drains – very nice, 600 DPI |
12/26/2011 |
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Aug. 1980 NMRA Bulletin John
Allen created figures on |
11/26/2011 |
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Nov. 1977 NMRA Bulletin Announcement
of Jerry Drake’s clinic #780-36, “John Allen’s Gorre
& Daphetid RR” |
11/26/2011 |
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March 1973 NMRA Bulletin Announcement
of the destruction of the G&D and John’s final letter to the editor
regarding the directory coding topic. |
11/26/2011 |
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Feb. 1973 NMRA Bulletin A
letter describing a postal discussion over a proposed NMRA layout coding
system between the author and John Allen. |
11/26/2011 |
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Dec. 1972 NMRA Bulletin A
description of a new John Allen clinic, 780-20, “Optimum Use of Space”. |
11/26/2011 |
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Sep. 1972 NMRA Bulletin A
blurb about John Allen’s “postage stamp”. |
11/26/2011 |
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Nov. 1971 NMRA Bulletin: Cover photo and article “How Large is a Model RR
Layout?” |
09/10/2011 |
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Feb. 1971 NMRA Bulletin: A
photo of G&D operator and Yahoo Group historian Glenn Joesten’s
scratchbuilt O-scale 4-8-4. May 1971 NMRA Bulletin: Another
of Glenn’s locos. August 1971 NMRA Bulletin: Glenn’s
Decapod. |
09/10/2011 |
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March, July and Dec. 1970 and March 1971 NMRA
Bulletins: A
“Pike Pix” panned-motion photo of G&D #6. Letters
calculating the speed of JA’s Heisler from the
March 1970 Bulletin. John’s
answer and explanation, now at 600 DPI resolution. A
cartoon by Milt Moore regarding the Heisler photo. |
09/10/2011 |
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Feb. 1969 NMRA Bulletin: An
announcement and description of John’s slide clinic “Scenery and Layout
Photography”, and a humorous article by Jim Trott
about “meeting” John Allen at an NMRA event. |
09/10/2011 |
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March 1948 Model Railways News (from Cover
and article “The Gorre and Daphetid
Railroad”. This is very similar to the Jan. 1948 Model Railroader article,
but some of the pictures are different. |
09/10/2011 |
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Oct. 1982 RMC Collectors Consist column: Re-print
of a photo from the Feb. 1948 Model
Builder magazine. Refers to the plans for the G&D water tank as from
the April 1946 Model Builder. Note that this is a cropped version of "nicedetail.jpg” from gdlines.com (in the “structures”
gallery). |
09/10/2011 |
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July 2011 RMC: Ad
for the re-release of “Model Railroading with John Allen” |
09/10/2011 |
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Sept. 1961 NMRA Bulletin: John
Allen listed as an NMRA "Double Booster" |
07/04/2011 |
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Nov. 1961 NMRA Bulletin: John
Allen Letter to the editor, regarding conformance given to kits without
trucks and couplers |
07/04/2011 |
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Feb. 1962 NMRA Bulletin: mention
of John Allen slides used in a scenery clinic given at the 1961 convention,
now available for rent |
07/04/2011 |
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Sept. 1962 NMRA Bulletin: John
Allen participation in NMRA 1962 Montreal Convention |
07/04/2011 |
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Apr. 1965 NMRA Bulletin: John
Allen letter to the editor regarding standards |
07/04/2011 |
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Nov. 1965 NMRA Bulletin: John
Allen friend & client Gordon Varney obituary |
07/04/2011 |
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May 1968 NMRA Bulletin: JA
friends |
07/04/2011 |
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June 1968 NMRA Bulletin: 1968
Convention Car at French Gulch, with loco #40 |
07/04/2011 |
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July 1968 NMRA Bulletin: 1968
Convention Car at Gorre Notice
the mis-spelling of Dephetid
(sic.). |
07/04/2011 |
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Sept. 1968 NMRA Bulletin: Cover
Photo - #25 and #13 at Sims Notice
Emma under the masthead… |
07/04/2011 |
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Oct. 1968 NMRA Bulletin: Convention
Article by Jim Findley with stories/cartoons of John Allen In
Jim’s normal humorous style, Includes the story of the luggage mix-up.
Cartoons by Jim Trott (of “Pinheads” fame). |
07/04/2011 |
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Nov. 1968 NMRA Bulletin: Cover
photo of the roundhouse Lots
of details visible for you engine builders. |
07/04/2011 |
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Two-Level
Station |
From
the 1978 book “Scratchbuilding & Kitbashing Model Railroad Stations”, this is a re-print
of the Jim Findley article from the May 1968 Model Railroader. |
03/29/2009 |
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From
the January 1959 Model Railroader, a blurb about JA, who took the photos for
an article “MR Visits the Arizona, Nevada, and West Pacific” and a beautiful
trackside photo of Scalp Mountain: Model scenery that dwarfs the
railroad it surrounds is most authentic because that is just what full-size
scenery does to prototype railroads. Here on the HO Gorre
& Daphetid RR. of John Allen, |
03/29/2009 |
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Track
Gang: |
A “featurette” and article “Bridges on the Gorre and Daphetid” from the
February 1959 issue of Model Railroader. B+W, 600DPI. |
03/29/2009 |
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Athearn streamlined passenger car ad, from the August 1960
Model Railroader. I believe these to be the ones JA used for his
mandarin red passenger train. |
03/29/2009 |
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From
the May 1967 Model Railroader, an article in which JA’s friend Bill
McClanahan gives JA credit as being the first he saw use cast rocks, |
03/29/2009 |
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From
a June 1967 Model Railroader, a humorous Jim Findley “Letters from
Jim” column that mentions JA. |
03/29/2009 |
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Eagle’s
Nest: |
From
the August 1967 Model Railroader, a beautiful cover shot of the Great Divide
roundhouse and the article “45 Minutes at Eagle’s Nest”. The cover caption: ON THE COVER... Engines are
often serviced in the open air at Great Divide on John Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid RR. — the
men like this better on hot summer nights. For a less serious variety of
modeling on John’s layout turn to page 42. Incidentally, John has installed
voltage-dropping diodes in his locos so the lights can be left on without the
motors running. |
03/29/2009 |
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Trackside
Photo |
From
the October 1967 Model Railroader, an FSM ad for the The Gorre
& Daphetid is definitely not an old-time
railroad system, but the management has saved this historic holdover for fan
trips, motion picture extravaganzas, and local celebrations. Here, 192 feet
above Squawbottom Creek, the engine and three cars
are nearing Eagle’s Nest, a stop featured in the August issue but just
outside this current view. The real water in the creek isn’t always there,
but it rained yesterday, we’re told. The deck span is a pin-connected |
03/29/2009 |
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From
the November 1967 Model Railroader, a set of letters commenting on the August
cover, including one complaint !!! |
03/29/2009 |
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From
the December 1967 Model Railroader, an FSM ad. |
03/29/2009 |
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From
the Dec. 1957 MR, Shay #7 pulling log cars. |
11/29/2008 |
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Cover |
“Latest
Photos of the Gorre & Daphetid”,
from the Jun. 1957 MR, including a cover shot: FORGIVE, if you will, an
editor’s tendency to pitch his paragraphs full of superlatives when writing
about the Gorre & Daphetid
RR. Any morning mail with a flat parcel postmarked Monterey, Calif., can mean
only that John Allen and his camera have been collaborating again, and that
inside are 8 x 10’s of a railroad. And when one such parcel includes a color
shot of action on the G&D — why it’s better than getting a 5 lb. box of
money marked “personal!” To see why I’m getting so worked up, turn to pages
36 to 39, where black and white and a full color shot are displayed for your
enjoyment. The cover? Another view of the
G&D, of course, as a Shay pushes a log train upgrade — a chore that any
self-respecting geared loco always does with a flourish. And as long as you’ve got the
magazine in hand, don’t overlook Lloyd Giebner’s
modern grain elevator on page 24. Now there’s a building. - - — P.E.L. |
11/29/2008 |
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From
the Oct. 1956 MR, three pictures of the “new” layout (G&D #3). B&W,
but scanned at 600 DPI. |
11/29/2008 |
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From
the Sep. 1956 MR, an On3 scale combine built by John for Cliff Grandt. |
11/29/2008 |
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From
the Jun. 1955 MR, showing G&D #2 under construction, with comments on the
benefits of good hand-laid track. |
11/29/2008 |
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Clinic
- John Allen's Ballasting Method, from the Jan. 1955 MR |
11/29/2008 |
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Photo
of #34, from the Dec. 1954 MR. |
11/29/2008 |
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Photo
of #12 pushing a Jim Dechert gondola, from the Jun.
1954 MR |
11/29/2008 |
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A
PFM advertisement for the “now abandonded” G&D
(referring to the 2nd G&D), from the Dec. 1953 MR. Keith,
we have to find a set of these!!! |
11/29/2008 |
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A
Panoramic photo of G&D #2 from the March 1953 MR. |
11/29/2008 |
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Teaby Fire Ext. Co., from the Jan. 1952 issue of MR: What appears to be a fire-gutted
building is really only half a fire-gutted building placed against a mirror.
Notice how the tanks and figures are duplicated. John Allen, Monterey,
Calif., built this 3.5 mm. scale structure from pine and cardboard. Roof
timbers are “charred” by running a clock gear over them, then staining a very
dark brown. A tiny bulb, dyed red, glows like embers. Smoke is painted on the
mirror. |
11/29/2008 |
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Ruptured
Duck, from the July 1951 issue of MR: This rail car, on John Allen’s
HOn3 Devil’s Gulch & Helengon RR., is known
locally as the “Ruptured Duck.” Coach passengers ride in the center, while
holders of first-class tickets are afforded the luxury of the awning. The
guard is NOT hunting ducks — this is wild country and high-jacking and kidnaping are still not uncommon. |
11/29/2008 |
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An
article from the March 1951 issue of MR. This was reprinted in a slightly
different format in the 1952 Prize Model Railroads soft-cover book as
“Gorre & Daphetid”. |
11/29/2008 |
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Trackside
Photo - C.D. Grandt Under Construction from the
Feb. 1951 issue of MR. |
11/29/2008 |
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A featurette from the Oct. 1950 issue of MR, showing the
private inspection car of M. H. Vanderlip,
president of the GD Lines. |
11/29/2008 |
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“Narrow
Gauge, Broad Beams”, a humorous article from April 1950 of MR that introduces
Horace P. Vestibule and “Arch-bar” Pete Van Slurp. |
11/29/2008 |
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Article
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11/29/2008 |
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From
the Nov. 1949 issue of MR: Narrow Gauge Gondola To the Editor: Here are some photographs of a
narrow gauge car body I built from plans in the Model Railroader Cyclopedia.
The car is a Denver & Rio Grande Western gondola. It was built to On3
standards and is the first of several that I am building for Cliff Grandt of The turnbuckles, pedestals,
brake wheel, and brake cylinder were built by Cliff and sent to me. The rest
of the car was made by me. The car was shipped back to Cliff for installation
of the trucks and couplers. With the exception of wheels, axles, and
couplers, no commercial parts were used. Each piece of wood is pre-formed and
stained, thus giving a built-in "sway". Cliff and I have an informal
arrangement whereby he does machine work, such as gearing and making small spoked drivers, for me, and I build cars for him. This
was my first attempt in a larger than 3.5 mm. scale. JOHN ALLEN
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11/29/2008 |
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From
the July 1949 issue of MR. |
11/29/2008 |
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From
the May 1945 issue of MR, showing the contrast between standard and narrow
gauge. |
11/29/2008 |
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1948
Model Railroad Contest Winners, including John Allen’s engine house, from May
1948 Model Railroader. So realistic is this HO engine
house that it has the birds fooled. A dozen HO gauge pigeons have been
roasting on the roof for days now. John Allen, 140 Irving St., Monterey,
Calif., began the model last November, and spent many a wintry night tacking
down the 4056 scale shingles on the roof. A newcomer to the hobby, John has
set far himself a high standard of detail, as evidenced by the photo-story of
his pike in the Jan. ‘48 MR. The broken windows and “old look” is in keeping
with the ancient equipment on his Gorre & Daphetid Lines. |
11/29/2008 |
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A
crash scene, from the article “Western Model Railroads” in the Oct. 1948 Model
Railroader. Compare to “wreck2.jpg” on gdlines.com (under Planning and
Construction). |
11/29/2008 |
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Article
How About a |
11/29/2008 |
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December
1945 Model Railroader cover |
1st
ever published photo? Caption: Our
cover shot this month frankly comes within the concepts of |
11/24/2008 |
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How
to Make Realistic Model Photos |
John’s
1st article, from the July 1946 Model Railroader. |
11/24/2008 |
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Snow
Scene at Daphetid This
is “snowscene2.jpg” on the gdlines.com web site, but without the
caboose lights on!!! Why was this winter scene published in June? The
caption is as follows: “How
the heck would a snow scene look on the Gorre &
Daphetid RR.?” wondered its brass hat, John Allen
of |
11/24/2008 |
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W. Watson “Watty” House
Obituary
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11/24/2008 |
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Snap-Track
Timesaver |
Article
from the October 1976 Model Railroader, by G&D operator Russ Cain.
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11/24/2008 |
1949 PCR Fan Trip Report
Mentions John Allen, Larry
Grabert, George Hook, and others. |
11/24/2008 |
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Varney
Little Joe Ad – Sept. 1946 MR |
G&D-related Ads and Products
Miscellaneous early products
used by |
11/24/2008 |
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Aging
and Weathering Cars and Locomotives |
January
1956 Model Railroader article. |
10/28/2008 |
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Aging
and Weathering Cars |
December
1955 Model Railroader article. |
10/28/2008 |
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From
the April 1947 Model Railroader. This is the same as “interesting.jpg” at gdlines.com (minus the headlight beam
and with some special cropping). PORTABLE PANORAMA The lumber company receiving
that loaded flat car is located on John Allen’s portable HO gauge layout, |
10/28/2008 |
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An
article by group member Glenn Joesten from
the October 1977 NMRA Bulletin. |
10/28/2008 |
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A
“Pike Pix” from the July 1977 NMRA Bulletin: Jim Findley (Pres. Hallmark
Models) was builder of the Detritus Products Plant at Andrews on the late
John Allen’s GORRE & DAPHETID. Those conveyor buckets were automated. In
the background is Peterson Feed Mill with just half the structure modeled,
being “glued” to the background. That battered gon,
just behind the log flats looks familiar to the Editor. Photo by Jerry Drake |
10/28/2008 |
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A
“Pike Pix” from the March 1977 NMRA Bulletin: Visitors to John Allen’s GORRE
& DAPHETID were treated to many “mini-scenes” and old timers will recall
this unusual bit of motive power, No 13. This monster “Bronto”
was to be found trudging along Sowbelly Creek adjacent to the bridge taking
the G-D mainline to Gorre. Jerry Drake Photo |
10/28/2008 |
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From
the cover of the Jan. 1977 NMRA Bulletin: High rise buildings at Port, Gorre & Daphetid RR, the
famous pike of the late John Allen. The most concentrated industrial area on
the RR. The passenger station with “Eagle” perched on tower is to right of
Watson House hotel named for late Watty House, one
of John’s long time friends. |
10/28/2008 |
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From
the cover of the Dec. 1975 NMRA Bulletin: An unpublished photo from the
late John Allen. Light freight rolling over Ryan Gulch trestle towards Gorre. The small village just above the abandoned wood
tunnel portal is Daphetid, end of the branchline on the G.D. Lines. |
10/28/2008 |
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The
cover photo of the 1957 Penn Craft (later Carstens)
book. There is only a credit to JA, but this is clearly from G&D #2 near |
10/28/2008 |
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Diorama
Shot Oct. 1946 |
A
stand-alone picture near the back of the Oct. 1946 Model Railroader.
Compare this to “watertank.jpg” on the gdlines.com
site (page 3 of the Structures section): A peaceful side track scene on
John Allen’s H0 gauge pike at Also,
a Baker Coupler Ad from the Dec. 1946 Model Railroader. Next,
a “Nabor’s Pike” photo of G&D #2 from the
October 1954 Railroad Model Craftsman: The last load of logs taken out
over the Gorre & Daphetid
line before the road’s abandonment. The G&D was seven years in
construction and 75% completed. The name is being retained for a brand new
G&D now being built by John Allen, noted west coast model builder. |
01/21/2008 |
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#1 - #56 at
the “cutoff” |
Batch
#3 (the last) of pictures from Japanese magazine TMS (Tetsudo
Mokei Shumi, meaning
Hobby of Model Railroading). #1,
from May 1965, is very similar to the Sept. 1967 RMC cover (see
gdlines.com), and although the trains are the same the figures have been
moved and the picture is cropped differently. #2,
from Nov. 1968, is a view of Robinson Cliff from deep in #3
and #4 are assumed from the Feb. 1973 issue, based on the hand-notation on
#3. The top picture in #3 is nearly identical to slide s0_077_fentonfindley_sep69.jpg, but notice that
the water wheel is not blurred from motion (from the apparently real water)
as in the slide. The bottom picture looks like slide s0_092_nightfenton_sep71.jpg. #4
is a different angle of the same setup of slide s0_096_25bridge_feb72.jpg.
Note that loco #25 and the cars are the same. #5
and #6 are from March 1973, and appears to be announcing John’s passing. #6
has an early (’57 – ’58) shot of Gorre (notice that
#7,
from Sept. 1982, is an early (1965) shot of Great Divide, very similar to
slide s0_038_tower_apr65.jpg. Note
that although the trolley has moved and a loco has emerged from the cutoff
tunnel, all the other cars in the yard and sidings appear to be identical to
the slide, as does the state of the incomplete structures. |
12/31/2007 |
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#1 - Cover
photo, Cross Jct. |
Batch
#2 of pictures from Japanese magazine TMS (Tetsudo
Mokei Shumi, meaning
Hobby of Model Railroading), as best I can tell all from the issue of
September 1974. I think these are in order, as some of them have page
numbers. Note the cropping of some of the photos, apparently to remove lights
and lighting valences from the view. |
12/23/2007 |
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Trackside
Photo – Robinson Cliff |
Trackside
Photo from the April 1958 Model Railroader (scanned at 600DPI due to
its small size) and a full-page PFM ad (at 300 DPI) from the same issue.
Caption: Exhausts rattle off Robinson
Cliff as a PFM Heisler boosts a log train upgrade
and a PFM |
12/23/2007 |
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On
the Gorre & Daphetid |
“On
the Gorre & Daphetid”,
from the May 1954 Model Trains magazine (formerly HO Monthly).
Please forgive the water stains. Caption: Model railroads look more like the real
thing when viewed from a low angle, for that’s the way you normally see a
life-size train. This scratch-built ore train is on John Allen’s HO gauge Gorre & Daphetid RR. at Also,
from the same issue, an article by John’s friend Bill McClanahan, “How to
Raise the Roof”, wherein John’s shingling technique is described. |
12/23/2007 |
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Page
1 of 3 |
“Odd
and Even” Impact detector car article form the October 1962 Model
Railroader. |
09/18/2007 |
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#1 – Ryan’s
Gulch IMPROVED!!!12/23/2007 |
Batch
#1 of pictures from Japanese magazine TMS (Tetsudo
Mokei Shumi, meaning
Hobby of Model Railroading), which I recently won on Ebay
(thanks to those of you who refrained from out-bidding me). These
have not been dated or sorted in any way yet, just numbered sequentially.
More to come soon. |
8/21/2007 |
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June
1960 Model Railroader Letter to the Editor by JA, praising another
modeler’s work: Prize-winning Shay To the Editor: I’ve just been studying the
photo of Ken Barnhart’s Shay on page 36, April MR, and with due consideration
and humility, I believe this is the finest piece of modeling I have ever
seen. I’ve observed Ken’s loco a
number of times at various construction stages and as a finished model at the
NMRA convention, but it wasn’t until I could sit down quietly and study the
MR photos (the large one is about twice actual size) that I could see how
fantastically detailed and accurate to scale is this superb model. I also know that it is
mechanically equivalent to a fine watch. Ken is a man who believes in fine
scale wheels and flanges. These are built close to exact scale, along with
the flangeways on his railroad. Obviously he can’t
buy them anywhere, he builds them all. JOHN ALLEN 9 Cielo
Vista Ter., |
8/5/2007 |
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September
1960 Model Railroader “Trackside Photos”: A
PFM two-truck Shay leads a log train over Cooper’s Creek, on the HO Gorre & Daphetid of John
Allen, 9 Cielo Vista Terr., Monterey, Calif., and a
track maintenance crew stops work on the concrete brick arch bridge to watch.
The rugged Western terrain of the G&D requires many bridges and trestles. |
8/5/2007 |
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From
the March 1964 Model Railroader “Bull Session” column, John Allen and
Jack Work measuring prototype equipment. |
8/5/2007 |
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From
the April 1964 Model Railroader, a PFM Heisler
advertisement with a John Allen and a Paul Jansen photo. |
8/5/2007 |
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The
25th Anniversary of the GD Lines is celebrated in this January
1972 Railroad Model Craftsman article, published just one year before
John Allen’s passing: The
original Gorre & Daphetid
is still an integral part of the GD Line as John Allen’s HO railroad passes
the quarter century mark. |
07/26/2007 |
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Part
2 of “Fan Trip on the Gorre and Daphetid”,
form the April 1971 Railroad Model Craftsman: Last
month’s report covered the Port to Akin segment of our trip on RMC No. 4.
This series of photos shows the concluding portion of our journey to Andrews. |
07/26/2007 |
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Part
1 of “Fan Trip on the Gorre and Daphetid”,
form the March 1971 Railroad Model Craftsman. The cover photo caption: John
Allen’s Gorre & Daphetid,
an HO scale empire in Monterey, Cal., has been featured a number of times in
RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN and other hobby publications, leading many to assume
that by now every spectacular square inch of it must have been reviewed. This
is happily not the case, as the RMC crew learned during a recent tour of the
line from Port to Andrews through the rugged |
03/25/2007 |
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Jim
Findley’s article “Branchline Water Tank” from the
Oct. 1965 Model Railroader. This tank is based on the one at Daphetid on G&D #1. It was also used in dioramas, and
at Gorre on G&D #2, near the enginehouse. See: Where
was it used on G&D #3? |
03/04/2007 |
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Cover
(600 DPI) |
Don
Mitchell photos of Cold Shoulder, from the December 1980 NMRA Bulletin. The
front and back cover are one continuous photo – note the mirror. Also
included is the text, associated with the G&D carsides,
“Gorre & Daphetid
Remembered”, by Don Mitchell (it is listed this way in the table of
contents). |
02/24/2007 |
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Feb.
1971 RMC - Boomer Trail One
of the most difficult of all photographic techniques is that of the
"panned" shot — especially if the subject being photographed is a
small model. The above portrait of Gorre & Daphetid Pacific 56 at speed is a superb example of a
properly executed pan shot. John Allen captured the speeding (75 scale mph.)
4-6-2 with a shutter speed of 1/25 second using a special camera/locomotive
synchronizing mechanism which he designed for panning photographs on the
G&D. |
01/22/2007 |
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From
the June 1970 RMC cover. Caption: THE
COVER |
01/21/2007 |
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From
the Feb. 1970 RMC, “Boomer Trail” feature. Caption: Few
modelers would fail to recognize the view at the left as a part of John
Allen’s famed Gorre & Daphetid
HO scale railroad in Monterey, Cal. This photo was taken at Port on the
G&D; the Cooper Electric trolley car is entering the subway under
buildings from |
01/21/2007 |
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From
Oct. 1980 NMRA Bulletin |
12/29/2006 |
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From
July 1968 RMC |
12/29/2006 |
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From
Oct. 1968 RMC |
12/29/2006 |
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Jim
Findley’s Detritus Products plant at the NMRA convention |
From
Dec. 1968 RMC, this building was later installed at Andrews on the G&D. |
12/29/2006 |
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Obituaries
of John Allen and Paul Larsen, and a description of the fire, from the March
1973 RMC |
12/29/2006 |
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Letters
of dismay over John’s passing, from the Aug. 1973 RMC. |
12/29/2006 |
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From
the May 1975 RMC |
12/29/2006 |
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From Aug. 1963 RMC,
and article by a Yahoo G&D Group member |
12/27/2006 |
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Sunset on the Old
G&D |
October
1955 RMC Article on the 2nd G&D by Earl Cochrane. |
11/12/2006 |
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Trolley
and street scene on G&D #3, of the Cooper Electric Railway. |
11/12/2006 |
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from
the May 1964 RMC |
11/12/2006 |
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Varney Ads –
complements of Chuck Kinzer |
Thanks, Chuck!!!! Some of these are better quality, but
the three marked NEW are not on the
gdlines.com site
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6/7/2006
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Caption: |
5/6/2006 |
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Dec. 1963 RMC Article
“Let’s Operate a Train” |
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5/6/2006 |
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Caption: Notes: This can be
confirmed by comparing to "The Book", pages 14 and 19, where the
bridges in the background (at Robinson Cliff) can be seen. |
5/6/2006 |
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IMPROVED!!! |
Thanks, Chuck!!!! These are better quality than the
ones on the gdlines.com site.
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4/13/2006
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Magazine
Articles and Scans |
Description |
Date
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John Allen
describing real water in Squawbottom Creek |
This
is a wav file (audio)!!! This is a picture. |
5/9/2006 |
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This
is a wav file (audio)!!! |
5/9/2006 |
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Building
a Baggage Truck, page 1 |
from
July 1947 MR |
4/10/2006 |
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The NEW Gorre & Daphetid |
March
1956 MR article |
2/19/2006 |
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Supporting
Info for Keith Beard’s Photo Scans |
Description |
Date
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Published
version of one of Keith Beard’s photos, from HO Monthly, Jan. 1950 |
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John
Allen’s friend and contemporary, from cover of his famous scenery book |
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John
Allen’s friend and contemporary, from "Prize Model Railroads"
(1952) |
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from
Nov. 1954 RMC |
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from
HO Monthly, May 1953 |
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"Featurette" from Oct. 1950 MR |
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from
RMC, March 1948 |
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from
Jan. 1956 MR article "Aging and Weathering Cars and Locomotives"
(part 2) |
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from
Sept. 1956 MR (Trackside Photos) |
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from
HO Monthly, May 1953 |
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published
in Model Railroader, October 1948 |
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