Nice web site! I've not seen the article. Does he mention any influence by Allen McClelland and his V&O? Boxcab E50
David operated on Alan's V&O many times, and has on occasion mentioned Alan's influence. For more photos of the A&O, including operating sessions, and some details of how the photo on page 43 of MR was made: more photos We had a lot of fun operating the A&O and never took things too seriously. One day a conductor refused to leave until the caboose stove was cleaned. The Hatfield Coal operators were all too eager to help. This is David's operating Whiting Rotaside, used to empty gallons of ABS and polycarbonate "coal" pellets. [ April 15, 2006, 12:26 AM: Message edited by: ncmrdispatcher ]
One more thing - there are four PDF articles about the layout available on the Northern Colorado Model Railroad Club web site. These articles previously ran in the club newsletter. Scroll down almost to the bottom of the page: Link to NCMRC web site No registration is needed to download them. Stopped for a signal at Post Tunnel, same location as photo on page 42 of MR. A 37 second exposure by locomotive headlight. A construction article on David's scratchbuilt signal tower was featured in issue #5 of O-Scale Trains, which you can download as a free PDF from the OST web site: Link to OST5 PDF Photo from the cover of O-Scale Trains #5 [ April 15, 2006, 12:37 AM: Message edited by: ncmrdispatcher ]
I once had space for a very large O scale layout. It was quite an adventure keeping it operational. Stay cool and run steam.....
Bob- I remember your writing of O gauge collecting days. Was this a Lionel layout? Got some pictures? Thought for a new thread? Boxcab E50
Ken: Actually there were two O Gauge layouts. One was a Lionel layout which I had in the basement of my house along with an HO layout. I completely finished three rooms and had the trains running thru the rooms on a 18" inch shelf into unfinished parts of the basement at either end. One end was a stagging yard and the other end was about 15x15' that housed most of the operating accessories, etc. etc. The second and much larger layout was O Gauge and was housed in a barn in Sharon Massachusetts and built by two friends and myself. This layout had over 1400 feet of track. We opened to the public once very two -three months. The rest of the time was spent in scratch building and maintaining all that track. I have a few old Polaroids of my layout at the house, but they are pretty faded since they were taken in the late 1960's. Stay cool and run steam.....
Might be worth trying to scan and restore those photos. Modern software can sure help preserve such precious memories. :teeth: Boxcab E50
Ken: It might be worth a try. I'll have to pull them and see if they can be restored. Stay cool and run steam......
Bob...speaking of O scale layouts...have you ever been to any of the Florida O Scalers meets? They have a cool modular layout owned by a group of nice guys and display it in various Florida cities from time to time. One of the most incredible privately-owned 2-rail O scale layouts in the South resides in Ormond Beach. My friend Stuart generally has operating sessions on Saturday mornings and always welcomes visitors. If interested, email me for details if you don't already know Stu. Cam
Cam: I haven't seen any O scale layouts in Florida. I saw several in Plano Texas this past January. Stay cool and run steam.....
I had heard a while back that the layout is gone, due to a personal move. Can anyone verify this? When I saw, for the first time, the web site, my first reaction was, "Wonderful, modelrailroading at it's best".
The Appalachian & Ohio 1.0 is indeed gone for now. David, the layout owner, has a new and bigger basement under construction (with house attached.)
