The Modeling of DKS: Layouts, Modules and Dioramas

The Modeling of DKS

Layouts, Modules and Dioramas

Scale color key: white = N; yellow = Z; green = T; blue = HO

Project		Inception	Completion	Disposition
1	Unnamed Layout (classic loop on 4x8)	~1965		gone
2	Newport & Rock Falls	1969		gone
3	White River & Northern I	1973		gone
4	Unnamed Layout	1975		gone
5	N-Trak Module	1976		offsite storage
6	White River & Northern II	1987		gone
7	Unnamed Layout	1991		gone
8	White River & Northern III	1992		gone
9	White River & Northern IV	1995		gone
10	White River & Northern V	2000		gone
11	James River Branch	2006		gone
12	Pine Creek Railroad (Zn3)	2010		gone
13	Unnamed Layout	2010		gone
14	Unnamed Layout	2010		gone
15	Gorre & Daphetid	2011		gone
16	White River & Northern VI	2012		gone
17	Somewhere in New Jersey — diorama	2012		new owner
18	TownBuilder System — diorama	2012		new owner
19	Jersey City Industrial Railroad	2013		gone
20	Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad	2013		new owner
21	The Reddibilt Railroad	2013		gone
22	Trenton Transportation Company	2013		new owner
23	Rockport Junction — refurbished layout	?		new owner
24	Penn Central Stockton Branch	2014		new owner
25	White River & Northern VII	2014		gone
26	Greystone & Rock Bottom (WR&N VIII)	2017		gone
27	Elizabeth & Port Reading	2017		new owner
28	Greene Granite & Monument Company	2017		new owner
29	Perth Amboy Industrial District	2017		new owner
30	Postage Stamp Central	2018		new owner
31	Unnamed Micro-Diorama	2019		gone
32	Newport & Rock Falls II	2019		new owner
33	Fort Hanover	2019		commissioned
34	Locomotive Test Layout	2019		new owner
35	Dauphin, PA — T-Trak Module	2019		new owner
36	Black River & Western	2020	—	cancelled
37	Mountain Vista Railroad (WR&N IX)	2020		cannibalized
38	White River & Northern X	2021		cannibalized
46	Toms River Railroad	2024		in the works

The following is a series of N Scale dioramas, begun in 2021, called the Animation Collection. Sadly the projects all died in December 2022 owing to the loss of a significant amount of modeling tools and materials during a move.

Diorama Name		Size	Completion	Disposition
39	Field of Dreams	24 x 27		new owner
40	Where She Sleeps	7 x 11		new owner
41	Men At Work	12 x 18		new owner
42	Double Feature	12 x 12		new owner
43	Saturday at the Park	11 x 22		new owner
44	Yesteryear	7 x 18		new owner
45	We Live Here	9 x 16	—	never started

Layouts, Modules and Dioramas

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