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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,
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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.
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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.
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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. Eastern Drive. Call
Fosnight at 282-2722 to ensure
someone is in the building
before stopping by. Anyone
interested in helping Fosnight
can also call.
Lu Stltt can be reached at
282-7795, ext. 122, or email
lu @larsonnewspapers.com
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Friday, 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m..
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