White River & Northern I

Layout Summary

Setting:

New England logging, steam era

Scale:

N

Size:

3 feet diameter (round)

Track:

sectional Minitrix

Control:

conventional power pack

Benchwork:

cardboard over plywood

Scenery:

plaster over cardboard

Year:

1973

Status:

finished

Disposition:

long gone

The White River and Northern, a tiny steam-era New England logging line, was my first "serious" layout. Although it was still a fantasy railroad, it served as a means to acquire more advanced modeling skills.

Chapters

  1. How It All Began
  2. Modeling In the Round
  3. Pinhole Photography

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