The Gorre and Daphetid - External Links

John Allen's Gorre and Daphetid Railroad is featured on many sites on the Internet,
as are his techniques for fine modeling. Here are some of our favorites:
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SPONSORS
The Gorre and Daphetid Reminiscence Project Team would like to thank the following sponsors for their contributions to the project:
  • Pine Canyon Models
    Pine Canyon Models, who produce the "RockBottom" kit, which calls to mind "Squawbottom" on the G&D has been a strong moral and financial supporter of the project from its inception. Keith Blanchard, who owns Pine Canyon, also generously donated the pictures of John's surviving ore cars and other photos featured on the site.
  • Jim Dill and TrainPlayer
    Jim's software allows you to operate the original Gorre & Daphetid as well as the TimeSaver. Jim has donated a Deluxe Edition of the software to the project, offers a discount to project supporters (see link at bottom left) and will provide a donation for each copy sold through this link.
  • Would YOU like to sponsor the site?
    Sponsors are featured on this page and throughout the site. Just drop us a note for details.
Groups

There is a Gorre & Daphetid Yahoo group dedicated to John Allen's modeling, where the authors of this site and about a thousand of John's fans hang out. The site is a treasure trove of reminsiscences, ideas, comments and other Gorre material.

The National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) has recognized John Allen as an Industry Pioneer and awarded him its Distinguished Service Award TWICE.
Magazines

Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman magazines have featured John's work in myriad issues. A complete listing of citations may be found in the Model Railroad Publication Index. Both publishers also offer reprints of many of their back issues.

In addition, Kalmbach published Linn Westcott's famous work Model Railroading with John Allen, known to fans of the Gorre and Daphetid as simply "The Book." Sadly, it is out of print and copies, when available on line, are priced very high. Perhaps, if enough fans write to Kalmbach, they would consider a second edition.

Websites that feature the Gorre and Daphetid and/or John Allen

Central Valley Model Works is one of the oldest and finest manufacturers of scale model railroad equipment. They are featured on the Gorre with a building dedicated to them. They have a photo tribute to John and the G&D which shows that building.

Grandt Line Models is another manufacturer of fine kits, detail parts and other model railroad goods that has a direct connection to John. Cliff Grandt was often John's companion on prototype research trips and several photos of Cliff may be found in the Galleries.
Grandt Line is a small, family owned and operated business. It was begun by Cliff Grandt over 60 years ago, and until he passed away in 2002 he could still be found at the shop on a daily basis. The business is run by his son Dave, and daughters, Liz and Phyllis.

Scott Mason, who contributed the photos of his icing platform diorama, is a well-recognized creator of craftsman structures, who alsos has an excellent DVD video of his techniques, tips and tricks.

Greg Komar of Komar Dry Transfers went out of his way to produce beautiful dry transfers and decals for the G&D (in three scales!) at the request of John's fans

Chris Disdero produced a two-level station, patterned after Cross Junction on the Gorre & Daphetid.

John's 'Timesaver' switching puzzle layout is discussed in detail at this TimeSaver site

Historic Rail offers the only full-length commerical video ever shot of the G & D. If you don't own it, buy it! It's worth viewing over and over.

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