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The Paliz Bay
Railway & Navigation Co. is my
Freelance HO Scale Model Railroad.
Paliz Bay is a fictional town just outside Santa Cruz, California.
The line is loosely based on a branch line of the Southern Pacific
Coast Line going through Santa Cruz, and is set in August 1966.
The reason I chose the year 1966 is largely due to the influence
of my wife... she is a huge Beatles fan, and I just happened
to be paging through a new book we had bought (yes, she's converted
me as well !!) when I noticed that the last public concert the
Beatles played was on 29th August 1966 in San Francisco. Well,
it suddenly dawned on me that Santa Cruz is close by, which
of course in turn led to me finding the excuse to include the
Beatles into my layout - among other things I could have billboards
advertising the Beatles concert in nearby San Francisco ...
and of course the quickest way for people to get there would
have been by railroad as the roads would have been far too congested
... oh yes, and the other reason for choosing this year is beacuse
Diesel locomotives were very prevalent on the railroads at this
time too ... sound like a good enough reason to choose this
year? ; )
I am still working on all the details, such as History and Industries,
but in time the History of the Railroad will become known. Keep
an eye out on this page for new developments.
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