Milwaukee Road in Wisconsin -- 1950's

[ak-milw]

The next area is Mill Bluff State park. The park wanted a swimming pond so they had to call the loggers in to clear out an area.

[ak-milw]

Now across the road to the park.

[ak-milw]

Heading into the town of Camp Douglas. At one time the town had a cattle loading operation.

across the tracks on the siding the Camp Douglas Farmers Co-op has a fuel oil, gas and LP yard.

[jerryrbeach]

Andy,
I have long been a fan of your modeling, and it is wonderful for me to be able to see more of your layout.  I like your fidelity to the area you are modeling.  I have never seen anyone else model the facilities in a state park.  I like the logging scene and the oil dealer, but I like the farm scene best.  Thanks for sharing your layout with us.

[ak-milw]

Thank you Jerry, I have a lot more to post and a lot more to build. I hope you will follow along.

[ak-milw]

After the train clears the bridge in Camp Douglas the first thing it sees is the Pulaski sisters house.





then Doc Nelson's house.

[ak-milw]

Across the street from Doc's house is the old livery stable, today it is used by the local co-op for storage, The small addition on the side was a cobblers shop.







next to the livery was the Hudson dealer.

[Janbouli]

Thank you for sharing all the photo's Andy, your layout looks great. There's one thing I think it could use though , some untidying , I mean there's no trash or filth or grime anywhere, but tastes differ.

[Janbouli]

Just looking back I realize it's your roads most of all, the ones with the dirt roads look far more realistic then with the asphalt roads.

[ak-milw]

Thanks for the comments Jambouli, I will take them into consideration.



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[ak-milw]

A small shed owned by the Farmers Co-op.





The curved tracks coming into town were never elevated, many a coal train dumped a car or two here. Just cleaning the last one up.

[ak-milw]

Next to the Hudson dealer was the Camp Douglas Café.







today the building has been turned into apartments.

[ak-milw]

The Lemonweir Valley Telephone Co. building was built in 1904.

[ak-milw]

Then there's Singeltons market and the post office.





Here we have a Branchline kit, the Woodwards house

[ak-milw]

The Camp Douglas Farmers Co-op feed mill.





and the store.