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Robert Putnick – Alpine Rwy (N)
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The Alpine Railway is an N-Scale 2′ x 3′ German freelanced paradise layout, featuring a main line, inner siding line, and 2 bridges. The layout was acquired from a previous owner – whose father had hand-built the layout a long time ago, as a western US pike – and completely transformed. The Alpine Railway depicts a small mountain town served by the DB (Deutsche
… More...Robert Putnick – Ephrata Valley Railroad (HO)
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The Ephrata Valley Railroad is a free-lanced HO-Scale layout, constructed on a 4′ x 4′ platform, set at the height of the Autumn season. It operates during the time period of the late 1950’s to the early 1970’s. The main inspiration behind much of the scenery is at large taken from the Pennsylvania countryside, with many structures on the layout purposefully named after
… More...Chris Ruhl – Lincoln Lines (HO)
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Sadly Chris Ruhl passed away in the summer of 2019, but he leaves behind his layout as his legacy and a testament to his modeling skill. All track, including switches, is handlaid code 83 and 70 on pine roadbed and ballasted. Structures are a combination of kits, bashed, and scratch. Layout is 7.5 x 12′ with an 8 x 1.5′ yard tail, … More...
Robert Putnick – Horseshoe Curve Branch Line (N)
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The Horseshoe Curve Branch Line is an N-Scale model of the Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, PA, operated during the time period of the Pennsylvania RR, and later the Penn Central. Built on a 5′ x 8′ benchwork, this layout is focused on portraying the immense shape of the Curve as apposed to being… More...
Jonathan Black – Bear Mountain RR (HO)
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Jonathan Black’s Bear Mountain HO scale RR. Circa late 1800’s. Jim Thorpe PA. The Lehigh and Susquehanna and the NY & PRR Canal RR’s. … More...
Ken Sharkey – Where East Meets West RR (HO)
NEW JERSEY DIVISION
]Uses 31 MRC power packs for DC control. There are over 900 hundred cars on the layout and about 75 engines The layout is 71 by 48 tee shaped. Trains from NYC, B&O, Pennsy, SF, UP & BNSF. So the name “East Meets West” works well.… More...Mike Sabia – Rochelle Southern RR (N)
NEW JERSEY DIVISION
Freelance layout that has a resemblance to the Newark/Elizabeth area & Western NJ. It is DC powered using 3 dual mode transformers. I can model from the end of the steam era to the present. The primary RR is Erie-Lackawanna. The centerpiece of the layout is Hainesburg Viaduct. It’s located on the New Jersey Cut-off in Paulins Kill, N.J.… More...
