In September of 2017 we had the “Golden Spike” ceremony for our layout in conjunction with the club’s annual picnic. A Last Spike is the one driven at the completion of a railroad construction project and when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific rail lines were joined at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869 they used a 17 karat gold spike. *The Tidewater Big Train Operators similarly celebrate the “completion” of member layouts. Since we had the club picnic as well it was catered by Captain Bob’s of Hertford, NC.
The weather was gorgeous, we had a good crowd and the food was amazing. And best of all…the trains ran great and we had fun.
- *A garden train layout is never “complete”. Things grow that need to be cut back and pruned. Things grow that you don’t want and need to be removed. Ballast shifts, connections loosen and so on and so forth.
Dismal Creek Railroad 