Gillette's Castle State Park thread at RyPN

Discuss park gauge trains and large scale miniature railways having track gauges from 8" to 24" gauge and designed at scales of 2" to the foot or greater - whether modeled for personal use, or purpose built for amusement park operation or private railroading.

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Gillette's Castle State Park thread at RyPN

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This thread discussing Gillette's Castle State Park may be appreciated by a few folks here.

I remember reading about Mr. Gillette's railroad when I was a kid.

Here's the URL to the discussion in case you've not stumbled upon it yet: http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42284

For me, it reflects what ultimately happens to most all of our railroad empires as they reach the end of their "lines".

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John, thanks for finding this and posting the links. Looks like a great setting for a Live Steam Club to establish operation.

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Motive power : 1902 A.S.Campbell 4-4-0 American - 12 5/8" gauge, 1955 Ottaway 4-4-0 American 12" gauge

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Re: Gillette's Castle State Park thread at RyPN

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Cool! I was just in the area last month riding the Essex steam train and boat ride, but never made it up to the castle.
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