John Scott
Photo by: Gary Gillespie
The JMSRR is a folded dogbone HO scale layout about 19'x30' through the rugged terrain of the Appalachian Mountains.
Photo by: Gary Gillespie
About 275 feet of mainline (4.5 HO scale miles), mostly single track with 30 inch minimum radius.
Photo by: Gary Gillespie
A home made CTC 16 command control system with walk around throttles run the trains.
Photo by: Gary Gillespie
A cardboard mockup of the Bessemer & Lake Erie's Allegheny Bridge
Photo by: Gary Gillespie
Ballast is real limestone obtained from a local quarry. Structures and other features are a mix of kit, kitbashed, scratch and in unfinished area cardboard mockups.
Photo by: Gary Gillespie
John has a unique talent for using ordinary materials such as corrugated cardboard, and Styrofoam to creates realistic bridge framework, walls and tunnel portals.
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The era is second generation diesel (around 1960s) and locomotives with road names including PRR, NYC, and the Bessemer and Lake Erie can be seen pulling consists through the rugged terrain.
Photo by: Gary Gillespie
The railroad hauls general freight as well as coal unit trains and passenger trains. Trains are operated in a point to point fashion from the staging yard and between the towns of Maryannville and Johnstown and Scottsdale.
They travel by several yard areas including Scott Yard, Tunneltown, Wall, and WD (stands for the yard area constructed over the homes washer and dryer).
Photo by: Gary Gillespie
Hydrocal dipped paper towels over cardboard forms, hand picked litchen, and rocks from molds from real coal make up the scenery.
Photo by: Gary Gillespie
The 9 track hidden staging yard can hold about 300 pieces of rolling stock.
