One quarter of the Monashee Pacific dispatcher's panel.  The upper panels will have the track diagram and indicator lights, and the bottom panel will have the control levers and buttons.

Part of the EMRA library.  Thanks to generous donations, we have most North American model magazines sorted and indexed for club reference.

The dispatcher's panel in the member's room.

The Vernon turntable.  We have both CN and Monashee Pacific cabooses on our caboose track, since CN interchange trains often come here to change engines and cabooses before continuing south on the MonP.

The viewing windows provide a good view of Vernon yard for visitors, who enter the coal shed in the background.

Lavington Cement - a large industry that receives limestone from the Edgewood quarry, coal from the Echo Lake mine, and ships covered hoppers and boxcars with cement.  A busy switching location!

The industrial park at the north end of Lavington.  Bulk oil is shipped in to here, stored in the tank farm, then redistributed to the local consumers.  The Class Glass company is behind the covered hoppers next to the oil dealer

Searle grain elevator at the south end of Vernon's Industrial district.  There's room for four boxcars, which can be moved in turn to the loading doors on the elevator,

The engine service facilities at the north end of Vernon yard.  The ice house on the left is busy icing reefers for the fruit and meat shipments from industries elsewhere in Vernon

The Vernon roundhouse

The Vernon coaling tower.  The curved platform of the ice house is visible on the left, along with a large cut of limestone hoppers from the Edgewood quarry.

An overview of Vernon yard, looking north.  There are four double-ended tracks and four stub-end classification tracks (and plans for more).  The coach yard and commissary building are in the foreground.

A view across the Vernon yard throat, with the coach yard in the foreground, the double-ended tracks in the middle, and the classification yard in the background.

The developing city of Vernon on the hill overlooking the yard.  It's amazing how many buildings are needed to make a city!

Vernon's streets under construction.  That's the Monashee Pacific headquarters building and Vernon station on the right - scratchbuilt by one of our members.

A view of the south end of Vernon city, with the outline of the hills to be painted on the backdrop.  Each city block is built on a liftout panel, to allow for maintenance and access.

ernon's Industrial district, with two meat packing plants, a large fruit loader, and other industries.

The Vernon aisle, with the industrial district on the left, and the yard on the right.  As with Castlegar at the other end of the railroad, this major yard is in a stub-end aisle to let the harried yard crew work without interference from passing train crews.

Lavington's industries in the foreground, and Vernon's engine facilities in the background.

Early intermodal service in the foreground, and an express building nearby, with Lavington's large cement plant in the background.

Coal hoppers being marshalled in Monashee Summit yard.  A turn to Echo Lake mine works from here, bringing loaded hoppers to be assembled into a 35-car unit train that will head south to customers in the US

The scenic approach through orchards to Lavington on the left, and Monashee Summit on the right.  The aisle here slopes up toward Vernon, so that we have a view closer to eye level out on the main, and an easier reach for yard switching.  The stairs to the lower level are straight ahead, allowing southbound crews to follow their train from Monashee Summit down the hill.

Weyerhauser Lumber at the north end of Lumby.  Raw logs come into a pond, and milled lumber and sawdust are shipped out.

The north end of Lumby, with Weyehauser Lumber in the distance.  Lumby is a busy industrial town, and it has a full-length passing siding (35 cars + engines + caboose), so the dispatcher often stages meets here, making life 'interesting' for the local freight!