The Val Ease Central Railroad ©

Taking Z Scale to the Public Around the World
(Text and photos © Copyright Jeffrey MacHan)

The Long and Short of the VECRR Story

Learn more about VECRR: A Short History of the Val Ease Central RailroadThe Val Ease Central Railroad, NMRA Golden Spike layout, BEST OF SHOW Champion at the 2001 NMRA National Train Show and unmatched world traveller, is now part of the permanent collection of the Canadian Railroad Museum - Exporail.

Enjoy the VECRR story through photos and movies, the texts of all articles written by Jeffrey MacHan, in-depth techniques used on the layout, lists of past and future events, upcoming and armchair projects as well as the cast of characters inhabiting mythical "Val Ease".

Working on the Railroad: Building the VECRR

The track plan of the 3-section VEC including elevations in mm. The design phase of the Z-scale (1:220) VEC began in December 1992 with the first public show in March 1993. From a single suitcase, the layout ultimately grew to three seamlessly interconnected "divisions" in February 2000. "Val Ease Summit Division", the fourth and definitely final section of the VEC celebrated its Golden Spike in January 2005.

The Travels of the VECRR: Z-Ambassador to the World

Travels of the VEC including the VEC's AmaZing European AdventureZ Over 1,000,000 "passengers" from 50 cities in 25 states / provinces in Canada, the USA, Germany, the Netherlands and England have ridden the VEC at 87 events. This section presents the details of the VEC's meanderings including the VEC "travelogs": NMRA National Train Shows, the Sinsheim Chronicles, the Eurospoor AdventureZ and the London Festival Follies.


LINKS


Favorite Sites

FAQ


100+ Tips

GALLERY

VECRR


VEC Fan Club

GSLRR


Gardenville Short Line

The Val Ease County Library


80 published* articles and more are available for your reading pleasure.
* Ztrack Magazine / Scale Rails Magazine / Model Railroader Magazine

VEC Library Special Collections presents: The "Val Ease Summit Division" Construction Diaries by Howard Kannitbee, P.E. superintendent of engineering of the VECRR.


VECRR

The Layout Built to Share!

VECRR Inc. Officers and Senior Management
Miles O'Track - President & General Manager
Gowan Soomee - Secretary & General Counsel
Howard Kannitbee, P.E. - Superintendent
Oliver D. Place - Chief Surveyor
Isabel Ringing - Investor Relations

Chief Imagineer of the VEC
Jeffrey MacHan, Chief Imagineer

VECRR International AdventureZ are made possible in part thanks to the generous support of
Micro-Trains Line Co., Ztrack Magazine Ltd., Märklin Inc.
and
Exporail - Canadian Railway Museum