Mooselips home builder,
Ron Tilting is picking up his lumber. Somehow, all of Ron’s houses just seem to have a
little tilt to them.
Tommy has a tree house
like the one you wished you had when you were a kid. Here we see him swinging on the tire swing
under the tree house.
The Bear Patrol from
Boy Scout Troop 1 is out for a hike.
Some ruffians are
tipping over Mike's out house. Could those legs we see in there be Mike's?
Here we see Sophy and
her girls are doing the wash, while Carole Ann is raking the leaves next door, stirring up the dust.
At the Palmer Library,
a youngster is checking out the scenes on Mooselip.
Yes Bob,from these
humble beginnings, the mighty Mooselip has grown. Bob Almeida was a great help in building
Mooselip.
From its first public
display at the 2001 Fur Rondy, Mooselip has wooed visitors with all its mini-scenes.
Loaded in the back of a
Ford Explorer, the Mooselip Railroad is ready to travel to another display.
Early this morning the
Moon-Shiner's younger boy Zeb was delivering 3 kegs of shine when he rolled the pickup spilling the
works. The County Mounties are looking for the boy and the Haz Mat crew has to clean up the
mess. (They used straws.)
The afternoon local,
pulled by ARR 2006 is pulling up-to the Mooselip Station. Some of the local Railfans have turned
out to see what is on the train today.
At the Fur Rondy, I am
pointing out all the interesting “goings-on” in the town of Mooselip. Set-up at the
Alaska Railroad Depot in Anchorage, Mooselip awed all it’s Rondy visitors.
These tourists found
Mooselip such a delightful place to visit that now they stop by for lunch at the local diner whenever
they are in the galaxy. The Robo family takes a few minutes to window shop on the buildings.
Shown here Marty has
Mooselip set-up at Palmer's, Colony Days and is ready for visitors.
The backyards are full
of activities. Children are playing while dogs and cats scurry around lawnmowers and other items.
Mooselip Police Chief
Terry discusses with Robo Guy that he can’t park that thing in the middle of the
intersection. Robo Guy just smiled and suggested that Police Chief Terry try to tow it
off.
On the left, while the
County Mounties are looking for Zeb at the wreck, he is already in the tub washing off the
ev-a-dence. At the top of the picture we see a moonshine still hidden in the trees and OH-My Gosh
could that be Susie peeking over the fence.
Atop the Mooselip City
Hall, we find the City Council working hard. They are holding a “Work Session” trying
to figure out how to raise taxes to pay for the plow truck.
Word of the moonshine
spill got around town fast and Bill is bringing his hound dog over so they can get some licks in.
The Feltman Store is
the only place in town to get gas. They also have great food, just watch out you don’t trip
over a dog out front. On the left and below, we see the eternal checker game.
Out behind the Feltman
Store, it looks like Kate's dog Darkey has a couple of alley cats treed….ah…ah fenced.
It’s 3:35 and it
looks like the School Children are getting on the bus to go home.
Richie and his dog are
walking home from school.
Over on the back side
of town is the local stock yard. The cows on the left had to be separated from the others as they
have “Spotted Cow Disease”.
One of the cows got out
and is headed over to the moonshine spill so he can get his licks in.
As the checker game
continues, it looks like Al has just hauled in another car to work on. Al is really a good
mechanic; he even gets around to working on a car once in a while. Al lives out-back in the old
50’s trailer.
Al not being one to
waste space has this two story outhouse for his costumers’.
These two ladies are
milking the cow while the men stand there and supervise.
A sow with her two cubs
are out looking for lunch.
This car had a race
with the train to the crossing and it was a tie. A train running over a car is about the same as a car
running over a soda can.
Ken and Barbie have
finally tied the knot. The happy couple will now ride in the carriage over to the
“Barn” where the entire town of Mooselip will help them celebrate.
Arnold’s Drive In
(from Happy Days) is the best place in Mooselip to get a hamburger, fries and a shake. Ol’
Arney just can’t flip those burgers fast enough. A close look will reveal the Fonz’s
motorcycle is parked outside.
Here in Alaska we grow
big cabbage. This one was grown over on the other side of town. Which ever side of town you
are on, it is the other side of town. The secret is in the fertilizer, moose nuggets, humpy heads
and just a touch of tabasco for flavor.
Two of Mooselip’s
businessmen have stopped by Sam's shoe shine stand to get the market report, local news and maybe even a
shine.
Ed and Roy sitting on
the shoe shine stand are two of Mooselip’s most prominent businessmen. As a hobby, Sam
dabbles in Real Estate and owns about 90% of the town.
One must always keep an
eye out for the other residents of Mooselip.
A miniature world in
HO Scale created by Marty Quaas,
and assisted by Bob
Almeida.
The Mooselip Railroad
is a 4 by 12 foot HO Model Railroad, was made to entertain the public young and old. Mooselip is
the concept of Marty Quaas and constructed with help from Bob Almeida over a 7 month period in 2000. The
Mooselip display is a model railroad which would fit into most homes and can be built with average
building skills and tools. It is made from readily available, easy to build plastic building kits
and is transported in an SUV. The Mooselip Railroad is available for displays and shows to promote
Model Railroading in and around South Central Alaska. Please join us through the pictures below to
visit this miniature town nestled in the middle of Alaska.
Every town has a story,
and Mooselip may be small, but it is no exception, it has quite a story to tell. From Mooselip's
Mayor parading around town, Boy Scouts out for a Hike, to a Hazardous Spill, Mooselip is an active
community with many mini scenes.
Over the years,
Mooselip has had several Mayors. In the center of this picture, we see Ol Slippery Sam waving his
hat trying to get more votes. Sam got the name “Slippery” as he would never plow the
roads in the winter and everyone just slipped and slid all over town.
Shortly after this
picture was taken, Slippery lost his re-election to Mike Backitch, 56 to 1. Mayor Backitch would
“scratch your back” if you “scratched his back”. Mayor Backitch only
lasted one term, thank god.
To make sure the
residents remember me, I often parade around town. That’s me sitting up in the back of the
convertible. Most folks just refer to me by what I do most of the time, "I Do
Little". Following the convertible is my Band Wagon and a Plow Truck. If you take a
close look, you can see the tuba player “falling off the band wagon” and the plow truck
which I got real cheap for two months, July and August. Riding on top of the Plow truck are two
environmentalists from the group SAM (Save All Mosquito’s).
At the 2005 Colony Days
Celebration in Palmer, Alaska, we see Palmer’s Mayor John Combs chatting with me, Mooselip’s
Mayor Ichabod Dolittle.
A Bear is about ready
to have lunch.
Moose Pooper Trooper
Officer Drooper, a member of an Elite Security Patrol has been assigned to keep an eye on this
Ichabod Dolittle character. Watching from the shadows and always blending in with his
surroundings, Officer Drooper is on duty. Moose Pooper Trooper Drooper is so good that he is often
referred to as "Super Drooper".
One morning at the 2003
Fur Rondy in Anchorage a rather strange visitor was found resting atop Kens Pizza Parlor. These
tourists from another world had made themselves right at home and were enjoying the friendly Mooselip
hospitaliity.
The Story of
Mooselip
Alaska
As Told By Ichabod
Dolittle,
The Mayor of
Mooselip
The Penguin Family will
be taking the train to Seward to visit their cousins.
Moonshiner Clem is
napping [passed out] by the still with his pet skunk.
Agnes is feeding her
Chickens.
Agnes is telling the
many visitors all about Operation Lifesaver
One of the things that
has created a lot excitement with Mooselip visitors has been the use of the “I Spy”
sheets. Visitors young and old have contests to see who can find all the items on their sheet
first.
