Welcome!

This website ( NOT A BLOG! ) showcases my HO scale layout based on the merger of the Boston & Maine and Maine Central into Conrail in the 1980's. The website follows the construction of the layout, as well as how to articles. Also included on the the site are my excursions and restoration of my Woodings CBI and Farimont A5-C motorcars.

Feel free to browse around, and please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments!

Thanks,
Ian

 
Modeling Valley Street
Written by Ian MacMillan   
Wednesday, 30 April 2008

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Valley Street Trackplan 3'x17'
I have finally got a chance to get working on the new track plan on the layout, and things are coming along well. Benchwork is up and the newest section for trackwork and scenery to start on is Valley St. Up until the 1980's the B&M served this branch that paralleled Valley Street its entire length. Serving 5 industries in just under a mile, the branch is very interesting to switch.
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Layout Update - Locale Rehash
Written by Ian MacMillan   
Sunday, 09 March 2008

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Manchester Industrial Trackage
Industrial city switching, street trackage, tall buildings. Pretty much what I had been looking for in a layout for a while. But most of what I was interested in was in Chicago and I wasn't too keen on the scenery and the building types. Finding maps of B&M industrial trackage for Manchester, NH in the late '70's was excactly what I was looking for!
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