Harry W. Brunk's world-famous Union Central & Northern - HOn3 model railroad, Cheyenne, Wyoming Depot Museum.

This video in our just passing trains series, is focused on Harry W. Brunk's world-famous Union Central and Northern - HOn3 model railroad located in the Cheyenne, Wyoming Depot Museum, 2nd floor baggage storage area. We hope you enjoy this presentation covering the train and some Clear Creek area history and don't forget to like this video. Please leave your comments and subscribe to the channel for previous videos and more videos coming to our railfan playlist. Please consider sharing with your friends.

Representing over 30 years of research and incredible hand-crafting of a narrow-gauge railroad by renowned artist and model railroad influencer, Harry W. Brunk. The sheer meticulous attention to detail in this layout is absolutely amazing with surprises constantly appearing.

This railroad ran into Colorado's Rocky Mountains from 1872 to 1941. he Union Central & Northern Railroad is Brunk's version of the Clear Creek Division of the Colorado and Southern Railroad in the late 1920s and 30s.

Harry built the layout in a 12-foot by 65-foot mobile home, which he called Little Colorado. Little Colorado was beginning to deteriorate, and Harry's age was preventing him from maintaining the layout as much as he would have liked. It was decided that the UC and N would be moved here into the baggage attic above the west wing of the museum.

All of the buildings and rolling stock were packed up, and the move took place in October of 2011. Little Colorado was moved slowly across Nebraska and into Wyoming using the frontage road on Interstate 80. The layout was cut into 10 to 15-foot sections determined by individual scenes. Several of the large sections took special measures to be installed. The glass in the second-floor windows was removed and the sections that could not fit through the door or up the stairwell had to be loaded onto an industrial forklift and lifted in. It took a team of volunteers a full year to put the layout back together and the exhibit opened in May of 2012.

The model railroad starts out with an addition to Harry's layout with the Golden Colorado yard and round house, completed all by volunteer efforts complete with a functional turntable at the roundhouse.

The train layout ha numerous operating switches with the controls locked away from curious little fingers which could lead to problems.

Before we follow down the complete track layout created by Harr, we will make note of the placards for visitors to read, placed about the track which include Harry's sketches along with vintage photographs transitioning to the items on the train layout.

Golden Houndhouse
Operating turn table and switches
Gregory Street
Gilpin Hotel
Black Hawk Depot
Black Hawk Boiler Works
Forks Creek Eating House
Iron Truss Bridges
Little Bridges
Argo Mill Complex
Argo Tunnel
Idaho Springs Depot
Idaho Springs Water Tank
Hukill Mine
Stanley Mines
Georgetown Depot
Georgetown Power Co.
Old Missouri Firehouse
"Little Stone Church by the Stream" Presbyterian Church
Clear Creek Company Sampling Works
Silver Plume Depot
Silver Plume Clock Tower
Georgetown Baseball Team, circa 1900

We shall run another slide presentation of many of the details, up close, at the end of the train video. You may have missed the many surprises if you don't look closely to see the many signs, people, animals and more. The volunteers in fun added a little touch of four hidden dinosaurs as well. You can easily catch yourself standing in one spot for 10 minutes looking at the endless details.

In Memory of Harry W. Brunk 1941-2023

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