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Charlie Mason’s Delaware Valley Lines

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The Delaware Valley Lines is loosely based on the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines, a short line located in South Jersey jointly owned by the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads. The layout concentrates on the PRSL branch from Camden to Glassboro in the 1950s. The original 6' x 18' section is 100% scenicked. An 8' x 14' L-shaped addition has recently been added to form a U-shaped layout. The new addition is approximately 60% scenicked.

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The Tupelo & Logan Railroad is my freelanced N scale model railroad. The Tupelo & Logan Railroad is a regional railroad serving the industrial great lakes region to the southeast with connections to western railroads in Memphis. My layout which occupies about 600 sq ft, depicts a subdivision in the Appalachian mountains. Maximum speed in this area in 35 mph for freights and 55 for Amtrak. The layout is DCC with an automatic block signal system utilizing Azatrax products. There are over 15 industries on the layout and I am in the process of setting up operations.

If you're in Blairstown, take a drive to Mineral Bluff to visit the Tri-State Model Railroaders and check out their impressive HO scale L&N layout. They will be open on Saturday, November 15, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Their address is 150 Railroad Avenue, Mineral Bluff, GA.

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The Alpine Central Railroad is an HO/HOn3 layout occupying three rooms with the 2nd room double decked and the 3rd under construction. The layout has been revised for operations and expanded over the past 10 months. The setting is Colorado with mines and bridges loosely based on the Old South Park Line with corresponding towns. A large amount of dual gauge mainline has been added. JMRI is used for dispatching from an office created in a mockup steam locomotive cab. JMRI cell phone or Digitrax Simplex throttles are used. The track in the first room is hand layed and the 2nd and 3rd rooms are MicroEngineering. Locomotives are Blackstone and brass for narrow gauge Bachmann for std gauge. Seven AP awards were earned with the layout including Prototype Modeler. An onboard video control system is currently being installed to allow remote location operation.

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The Adirondack Division represents this New York Central division in 1952. Recently the time modeled was changed from 1927. The layout models the area from Remsen, NY to Raquette Lake, NY. Many of the scratch-built structures and cars were entries in Piedmont Division contests. As a modular layout it has been exhibited at the Northeastern and Southeastern Regional Conventions and the 2009, 2013 and 2017 NMRA National Conventions.

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The layout depicts the PRR Middle Division with horseshoe curve, Altoona yard, and station. It is set up for freight and passenger operations. The era is the fall of 1945 to 1959.

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Begun in 2003, this large, multi-deck layout celebrated mainline completion with a gold spike in 2009. All track work and electrical is complete, including three large yards (one intermodal). DCC train detection for computer dispatching is fully functional, and the layout can host operating sessions for up to 12 persons. Most scenery is still in the early stages, but is (slowly!) progressing. And be sure to see the famous "trains through the bathroom!"

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This layout is freelance, based on the assumption that Union Pacific constructed a spur starting at Green River and terminating just south of Yellowstone National Park, through the western mountain ranges of Wyoming. The main purpose of the branch line is to transport passengers from all over the country to Yellowstone prior to the completion of interstates and travel by car. In addition, there are a number of small towns serviced by various local freight trains to a variety of different industries. The layout includes a large passenger terminal and yard at Yellowstone. The layout was specifically designed for operation with two decks and a large helix, and with wider aisles and plenty of opportunities for operations. The track work is 100% complete and the scenery is now 75-80% complete. Approximately 80% of the structures are now on the layout. The backdrop is now finished and are multiple photographs taken on site in Wyoming and made into stunning backdrops by a local sign company.

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The Waterloo to Wessex line, part of the Southern Region of British Railways, is an HO/OO single level "point to point" with hidden areas to provide continuous operation. You will have an opportunity to see an OO layout set in the English countryside with British steam engines with express Pullman passenger cars, slower commuter passenger trains, and various "goods trains" (freight trains) operating between Waterloo in London and the southwest of England. The layout, with very detailed scenery, is fully complete with a variety 0f English villages and country scenes, including stations, churches, gardens, allotments, farms, village streets, canals, and pubs. This layout was included in the May 2018 edition of the Model Railroader magazine.