Gail Gish
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Rio Grande Scenic Railroad
Gail Gish's Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, Pleasant Hill, Missouri, from Google August 2023
2009 Polar Bear Meet
From Jim Duncan's website:
Host Gail Gish
Mark Paulson Photos
The club-size private layout of Gail Gish is called the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad. Photo by Mark Paulson 2014
Gail Gish’s railroad features over 5,000 feet of dual gauge track
Obituary
M. Harris wrote:
- On Saturday evening, 1 December 2018, the live steam hobby fraternity lost a true gentleman and consummate model builder. Gail Gish, owner of the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad located near Pleasant Hill, MO, passed away have a rather lengthy illness. Gail was a huge fan of Colorado narrow gauge so much so that his railroad was 98% dual gauge track with at least 15 dual gauge switches....it may be the largest private dual gauge railroad in the US. Some 25+ years ago Gail and Warren Weston co-authored a Modeltec building series on the Rio Grande Class T-12 ten-wheelers. He was a gentleman's gentleman, a superb host and a great friend to our fraternity.
- I was just informed of the passing of longtime FOCTS member and work session volunteer Gail O Gish (a.k.a. G.O.) last Friday. Gail was a true craftsman, participating in the rebuild of all three C&TS flangers and the Jordan Spreader OU. He was a real master at woodworking, hand crafting the mortise and tenon joints on end beams and sills of the flangers, and built the Jordan's new operator cab. Gail was well known around the Kansas City area for his 1" and 1-1/2" scale live steam creations. His 1-1/2" scale N.G. Rio grande rolling stock was awesome. A gracious host, Gail held live steam meets every fall for many years at his acreage near Pleasant Hill , MO. I was priviliged to attend one of those meets as well as working with Gail for a number of years as a FOCTS volunteer. I miss his infectious smile. High Greens Gail.
