Well, for reasons too long to go into here, the multi-level layout I started a few years ago has to come down. It's a tough thing to say good-bye to something one has put so many long hours of work into. But, trying to keep things in proper perspective, no layout is forever. Sooner or later they all come down! And whether we want to admit it out loud as modelers or not, a layout is not the be all and end all of life! There's so much more to live for than a layout, no matter how great the layout might be.

It's been a long time since I posted an update on the construction of my HO layout, so I thought it was time to let my fellow MRH readers know what's been happening lately on the N&W Pokey District, Sub 1 3/4!

Hey all!

I appreciated the comments of fellow MRH readers on my past blog entries. Your comments and suggestions have already had a dramatic impact on my layout for the better. Thanks to everyone! So I thought I'd give you a recent update.

Hey MRH readers!

I'm currently building a 13'x23' HO layout. The theme is coal hauling on the Norfolk and Western, somewhere on the West Virginia, Kentucky border in the late 1960s era. The track plan is a freelanced multi-level design with lower level staging. Operationally, trains will leave the lower level staging, drop cuts off at the small division point yard, where they will be sorted into way freights for delivery to the various mines and industries along the main and a one track hidden branchline.