It's a cold October morning in 1984 somewhere in a little town in northern New England. The old engine shop doors are opened, a place where steam once slept. Now the 569, a GP-7, is fired up.
As she comes out of the shop into the low morning sun and the crew shows up.
After switching the local lumber yard the crew takes a early lunch.
Later in the morning the local freight roars into the junction from Portland.I have been bitten by the model railroad bug again, and created a shelf layout. I used a 1x2 frame with a 2" foam base on top. The shelf is 12 foot long, two 6 foot sections bolted together from 24" deep to 16" deep. I used code 83 track from Atlas and used MRC's DCC Prodigy Express for control. I have always wanted to model the fall colors, modeling the B&M, CP, Maine Central along with my own short line the Central Terminal, I'm able to. The "plan" is someday build a layout centered around St Johnsbury, VT in the 80's. Lots of CP Alco's and first and second generation power from the MEC and B&M. I have been inspired by Mike McNamara and Mike Confalone's Fifth-season New England Short Line. So I hope you can see I don't only run this site, I actually do model!
Rob D
Spectacular Rob...I can't wait for some of that great craftsmanship to start appearing on my layout.
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Looks good Rob! Thanks for the plug and link to my web site. I do need to update it though. Do checkout mainecentral.blogspot.com for updates related to the layout and my model railroading activities.
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That's really great Rob. Amazing what you can do in such small space. BTW, can you email me a track plan of your modules. It would be more than appreciated. I've got about the same space to create a layout. frederic.begin@videotron.ca. Thanks in advance.
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