Frank Ellison Delta Lines Railroad short article by his grandson

Thanks for the heads up. It was an interesting article.

Nice little article about a great model railroader who was an inspiration to many in the hobby.  Thanks for sharing it.

Thank you.  That was an interesting article by Frank's grandson.

Wonderful article !

Very enjoyable. Thanks Carey

Bob

That link is broken. Anyone have another link to this article? I'm a big Frank Ellison fan.

Will posted:

... Anyone have another link to this article?

You can download the entire 56 page issue HERE.

Hello ...if you like Delta Lines ? frank Ellison ....you are invited to join the Delta Lines friends on Facebook ....at  https://www.facebook.com/group...96667/?ref=bookmarks

best wishes from Raymondale 

Ok Carey W. For us uniformed, can you tell us the various structures you have at Raymondale? 

I do notice the red "Raymondale Meats" and it's stockyard. What are the other structures you have?

ADCX Rob posted:

Will posted:

... Anyone have another link to this article?

You can download the entire 56 page issue HERE.

Thanks, Rob, that is a terrific little article. I was away from this forum for close to 15 years. I just started reading it again a few weeks ago. Searching for Frank, I was saddened to see that Fred Dole had died. I did some drawings for him and the magazine back in the 90s and got to know him a bit. I remember he bought a lot of original Delta Lines buildings when they came on the market. This was a while ago. I was tempted myself. Do we know what happened to the buildings he had?

Hello all ...Fred Dole wanted all the Ellison pieces he had collected to remain together. I was very fortunate to be able to purchase the collection ...currently working them into my layout ...which is outside 3rd rail just like Delta Lines. 

Original buildings in the collection 

Raymondale 

Sanky Coffee

Packing house and cattle pen

Chick Sale 

Raymondale Brass works

Schmaltz Malts

Ginia station used in Raymondale partial rebuild 

Ford's pottery

Bills Oil 

1/2 of Small,arms ..building  on layout a full reconstruction 

Donaldson 

Hamm Berger 

Oblong Box

Canning Co

Ginia 

Richmond Barrel,

Several,back drops from various towns 

Considering the many moves Delta Lines went through it is amazing these precious cardboard buildings have survived. 

My layout is still a work in progress ..

Always looking for addition pieces of Delta Lines ...to add to the layout and retain as much of Delta Lines together as possible .

Please see Facebook site for much more information and lots of photos . 

Thank you . 

Cheers Carey

I grew up in New Orleans from 1949 - 2004 and was not aware of the Delta Lines when I was a boy. Sure wish we had seen the layout back then and joined the club as I was very interested in our trains - Santa brought a Gilbert Flyer K5 Pacific No 310 for Christmas 1949.  Not much info available back then so my Dad never encountered anyone who knew about Frank and his layout...

Not original but a recreation true to the original plans Ellison published.

Thank you very much for sharing Carey.

Regards,

Jerry

Interesting article, thanks for sharing 

Dennis thank you for posting photos of your railroad ...looks great,!!! 

You recreated all of Delta Lines ? ...please post more photos ...Chappelle and Filmore? 

Thank you ...interesting that both you and Frank had support columns in Donaldson 

Cheers Carey