The Ontario Southern Railway traverses the rugged Canadian Shield from the Great Lakes to the St. Lawrence Seaway. Russian Decapod No. 82 leads a train (above) by Meredith’s Landing as down along the water the day’s catch is prepared for transportation. A train- load of stone from Perry Island Quarries rumbles across the trestle high above Finn Lawler’s store and Teddy Combs’ Welding Repair and Fabricating Shop (left). The town of Beray Lake (above right) is another typical small town. It is located at the end of the lay- out. A crossing guard stops traffic in the early morning hours (below). It’s still the steam era and automatic crossing gates are not yet in use on the Ontario Southern.
small ships that were able to navigate it, and the Second World War was still very much in progress. Vital raw ma-
terials such as grain, iron ore and lime- stone needed to be transported east and finished goods, machinery, build- ing materials, clothing, as well as coal, needed to go west. Canadian railways, at one time including the Ottawa, Arn- prior & Parry Sound Railway, provided a solution by connecting the Great Lakes in the west with navigable wa- ters in the east ultimately leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Ontario Southern Railway is
Dave Lawler’s freelanced homage to those railroads. The layout includes structures from towns along the OA&PS then from Parry Island south to Mid- land and on to Port Stanley on the shore of Lake Erie. This allows for plenty of in- terchange with CNR, CPR, Wabash, Canada Southern (NYC) and Pere Mar- quette as well as a car ferry connection with the W&LE at Huron, Ohio.
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