March 2025
Long Time Gone
27/03/25 07:32 Filed in: Nelson County | Shortline Railroads
The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler
The stone yard in the Mill shadowbox
Many years ago I was involved in the development and construction of an O scale 2 rail display at the Quarry Gardens at Schuyler. The railroad display depicts the Nelson & Albemarle Railroad, which served the quarry operations in the immediate vicinity of the Gardens. The original plan was for the display to include Rockfish Depot, the mill at Schuyler, a soapstone quarry near Alberene, and Esmont shadowboxes.
Original concept for a very large railroad display
A few years into the project Rail Tales of Charlottesville took over construction of the railroad display. I had urgent aging parent issues to deal with at that time which forced me to resign my duties at the Quarry Gardens. After my exit the decision was made to reduce the number of shadowboxes in the railroad display from four to two.
Rail Tales did an excellent job completing the construction of the railroad display. It is an interesting and attractive representation of local history.
As family issues have been resolved I was able to re-establish contact with the Quarry Gardens. I am working on the railroad display once again, doing the kind of maintenance and upgrades that a working model railroad requires.