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RED ROCK NEWS, Sedona, Arizona Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 5A Model railroad will mimic Union Pacific line The HO setup will ...... """"'""'' follow the line from i Wyoming to" Utah i!i!i! By Lu Stitt LARSON NEWSPAPERS Through the door of a steel building in Cornville, the sounds of a locomotive whistle and the clickety-clack of wheels on rails fill the room. The sound comes from speakers but it aurally enhances the view of an HO scale model railroad being constructed inside the building by Verryl Fosnight. The model is his retirement project. "I never worked on a rail- road. I'm a retired physicist and worked, on some space projects, so I really am a rocket scientist," said Fosnight and laughed as he stood on the steps to overlook the layout that will eventually fill the interior of the 50-foot by 75-foot building. "I am modeling nearly the entire Union Pacific Wyoming Division, which is a real part of the Union Pacific system." Trains were a part of Fosnight's childhood growing up in Cheyenne, Wyo. His parents owned the Indian Motor Lodge, with stucco teepees, along U.S. 30. Across the highway, J the tracks lead west out of town toward Laramie, Wyo., up Sherman Hill and on to Ogden, Utah. "It was the original trans- continental railroad [President] Abraham Lincoln started during the Civil War," Fosnight said. "As a boy I saw those huge loco- motives, called Big Boys, pulling out and an hour later hearing the cry, 'Smoke on the hill,' as they pulled the 4,000-ton train up the hill at 40 mph. You could see the smoke 25 to 35 miles away up on the summit. How could I not want to model them and that location 50-some years later?" Fosnight started designing the railroad in 2002, which filled a large room. Then it grew -- and grew. In January 2010, he and Lenny Wyatt constructed the Cornville building and a smaller building for a workshop. Wyat is also helping construct the model railroad. Right down the middle of the larger building is a 7-foot wide raised mezzanine for viewing. The railings are painted Union Pacific yellow. "Now I can go full-scale," Fosnight said. Several people stop by to help. iiiiiiiii!!ii! i )i Photos by Tom Hood&arson Newspapers VERRYL FOSNIGHT smiles Friday, Aug. 10, while giving a tour of his model train display in Cornville. The huge display is starting to take shape and organizers hope to make the display a replica of the Union Pacific's line between Cheyenne, Wyo. and Ogden, Utah. Many are also modelers and • enjoy the camaraderie, which is one of the goals Fosnight had -- to make the model railroad a social event. "This is one of the largest private layouts in the world that does not charge an entrance fee or a fee to join and participate. We are slowly building a club to build and operate trains," he said. The project will eventually will have 25 to 30 operations with as many as 20 trains at a time rolling along 45,000 feet of track that can be done at one time and be run by several people with a variety of jobs that corre- spond to real railroad jobs like dispatcher, yard superintendents, yard engineers, road engineers, helper locomotive engineers and the many other jobs required to operate a rail system. Fosnight chose 1957 as the era for the model, a year significant for the railroad and for Fosnight. The year was the last for the use of steam engines, and diesel engines started being used as a means of locomotion. "For a modeler 1957 has it all -- giant steam, gas turbines and early diesels -- plus my boyhood. It's a snapshot in time," he said. "This layout is not your Christmas tree setup. This is an actual replica of the 475-mile stretch from Cheyenne to Ogden, in 1/87th scale." Fosnight likes the research and designing the layout. It is a big-scale hobby that can keep his interest, he said. "I've found all kinds of schematics and designs with the angles and measurements. It'll help with the design of this layout," he said. "I also have found so much of the history like how Gen. [Grenville] Dodge, who took over the Union Pacific, named Sherman Hill after Gen. [William Tecumseh] Sherman." Fosnight's wife, Sharon, also enjoys helping with her husband's project and jokes that she is a model railroad widow. "We recently took a vaca- tion, though, making a road trip from Cheyenne to Ogden and took pictures along the way of scenery adjacent to the tracks. I drove and he took pictures -- 4,000 of them," Sharon Fosnight said. "He'g building his dream. This is going to be a tourist attraction." Verryl Fosnight hadn't thought much about trains since his youth. He was more into outer space as an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer. "They have a 12-step program for both of those," he said and laughed. "Then I went to a model train show, and I was hooked." Fosnight and others helping build the model railroad are in the building from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. People are welcome to stop in, but they should call first to make sure someone is there. Many other modelers heard about Fosnight's project and have come to help. "We've had modelers from Prescott, Phoenix, Flagstaff, The following births were recorded at Verde Valley Medical Center: July 3: a boy, Kristopher Henry Wright, 5 pounds, 3 ounces, to Adrienne T. Anaya and Kristopher Wright of Rimrock. July 5: a boy, Gage James Queenan, 7 pounds, 5.7 ounces, to Melissa Christina Grossi and Paul Queunan of Cottonwood. July 6: a girl, Lovella Serena Lopez, 7 pounds, 1.5 ounces, to Kelsey R. Mallon and Steve Lopez of Cottonwood. July 6: a boy, Angel Rodriguez Carreno, 7 pounds, 1.1 ounces, to Maria De Los Angeles Carreno and Juan Rodriguez of Sedona. July 7: a boy, Jorge Antonio Nevarez, 7 pounds, 12 ounces, to Glaribel Ramirez and Robert Nevarez of Cottonwood. July 7: a boy, 1%rceus Damon Donahue, 6 pounds, 7 ounces, to Shelby Warn Layton and Shaun Donahue of Cottonwood. July 9: a boy, Aaron Garcia Nieto, 8 pounds, 4 ounces, to Adelina Nieto and Christian Garcia Ortiz of Sedona. July 16: a girl, Natalie Reay Wilson, 7 pounds, 2 ounces, to Michelle Taylor Skaggs and Joseph Wilgon 6f Camp Verde. July 17: a boy, Jairo Anthony Chavez, 6 pounds, 12 ounces, to Johanora Gonzalez and Jairo Chavez of Cottonwood. July 17: a girl, Alexandra Andrea Chavez, 6 pounds, 14 ounces, to Johanora Gonzalez and Jairo Chavez Births of Cottonwood. July 18: a girl, Terrilyn Rae Caie, 7 pounds, 7 ounces, to Kelly L. Caie and Mitchel Paterson of Clarkdale. July 19: a boy, Hugh Wayne McCullough, 7 pounds, 5 ounces to Jody McCullough and Cody McCullough of Catnl Verde. July 20: a girl, Arieyah Raine Reddick, 6 pounds, 1 ounce, to Kelsey Kay Reddick and Joseph Reddick of Camp Verde. July 21: a girl, Teya Peyton Delafuente, 7 pounds, 9.2 ounces, to Rhiannon J.C. Delafuente and Cody Delafuente of Cottonwood. July 23: a girl, Yeily Michelle Alvarez, 6 pounds, 12 ounces, to Nancy Vergara Adderly and Angel Alvarez of Cottonwood. July 24: a girl, Aydreama Rose Janes, 5 pounds, 2.7 ounces, to Dixie Melinda Janes of Cottonwood. July 24: a girl, Allie Jane Libby, 7 pounds, 4 ounces, to Jennifer Nichole Davis and NiCholas Li, bby of Cottonwood. July 26: a boy, Michael William Stoops, 6 pounds, 8 ounces, to Lacey Renee Stoops of Sedona. July 26: a boy, Eduardo Ramos Diaz, 8 pounds, 9 ounces, to Olivia Trejo Diaz and Eduardo Ramos of Cottonwood. July 27: a girl, Macie Allyn Wyatt, 7 pounds, to Brittney Michelle Wyatt and David Wyatt of Cottonwood. July 27: a boy, Blade Phoenix Townson, 7 pounds, to Brittany Ann Townson and Gaige Townson of Rimrock. July 28: a girl, Mattison Page Maxwell, 7 pounds, 3.5 ounces, to Carissa Jean Maxwell and Matthew Maxwell of Prescott Valley. July 28: a boy, Ethan Richard Williamson, 5 pounds, 13 ounces, to DeniSe Jolene Williamson and John Paul Williamson of Sedona. July 29: a boy, Mason James Smart, 8 pounds, 4 ounces, to Jourdann J. Brace and Rick Smart of Cottonwood. July 29: a girl, Micaela Nevaeh Aguirre, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, to Lynda Marie Overstreet Aguirre and Francisco Cruz Alvarez of Rimrock. July 30: a boy, Andres Camacho, 8 pounds, 3.3 ounces, to Andrea Elizabeth Camacho and Mario Camacho of Cottonwood. July 31: a girl, Idalmis Edissa Reyes Ortiz, 6 pounds', 9 ounces, to Martha C. Ortiz and Luis Reyes of Cornville. July 31: a girl, Mariana Leal Becerra, 6 pounds, 14 ounces, to Laura Becerra Nieto and Maria Leal Calderon of Sedona. July 31: a boy, Braylon Cash Collins Williamson, 8 pounds, 1 ounce, to Breanna Maree Williamson of Camp Verde. July 3 l: a girl, Azela Maribel Guerra Fierro, 6 pounds, •9 ounces, to Gabriela Nicole Guerra and Bruno Fierro of. Cottonwood. ; ;: i i:/; /  !/¸¸ i ¸ ; i:i!/i i ¸ / ¸¸¸¸ ] I OSBURN BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU - - MARTIAL ARTS I:On " SEDONA 3 Bed: 3 BATH TOWN HOME Selling By Order of Attorney for the Estate FOR SALE 1380 Vista Montana, # 20 Call for Information 800-895..9064 Anth(m¥ .I Ko,.m[m. f3rokr • Men • Women • Children I • Self Defense- Competition• Fitness I 423 S, Sixth Street TosburnBJJ@yahoo.com Cottonwood, AZ 86326  =RIA "a41 i www.SedonaBJJ.com d;O"4;;qP=/Qg I / Iall/  m,, LENNY WYAI'r checks the tracks Friday, Aug. 10, at Verryl Fosnight's large model train display still under construction in Cornville. California and even further away," he said. Fosnight's model train layout operate with modern tech- nology. A digital command and control system sends coded messages to the trains, which can perform different operations at the same time. The model railroad building is at 1249 S. 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