IIRC, it's going to be featured in an article in one of the Kalmnbach pubs. Might have been MR, but could've been one of the annuals. I hate my CRS...
In any case, from what I recall, this sounded like it was going to be a big reveal of his new work, so my guess is he's been playing his cards close to the chest on this until now and there's not really anything out there yet. I'm looking forward too it, as it is narrowgauge, if a little on the large size for my tastes.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
There is a name I haven't heard in years... kind of goes along with some of the 80's crowd like John Olson, Malcom Furlow and the old guard crowd! Makes me feel old!
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Thats interesting. What is Malcolm Furlow doing now. I almost became a narrow gauger after reading some of his excellent articles in MR in the 80's. What beautiful modeling he did and photography too with perfect depth of field every time. I remember he had an article on how he photographed the layout but I don't remember the name of the layout. Doug
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rgengineoilerWhat is Malcom Furlow doing now.
He's an artist with a gallery in Taos, NM. He will occasionally have an article or photo show up in the Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette.
Rob Spangler
Malcolm Furlow is a artist in New Mexico. I became a Hon3 railroader after being away from the hobby for 25 years. I was an "N' scaler. I found his San Juan Central book and with the Blackstone Models products am building my own San Juan Central. It looks some what like his as I am using many of the techniques of his plus John Olsen's style. I communicated with Malcolm and he gave me wonderful tips.
Well, since we're asking about old names in the hobby, what became of Bob Hayden and the C&DR? I new he retired and moved to Santa Fe I think, but has he built a new C&DR? That was one of the most well executed model railroads around and with the new On30 stuff, it would make a fabulous vision.
rgengineoilerWhat beautiful modeling he did and photography too with perfect depth of field every time. I remember he had an article on how he photographed the layout but I don't remember the name of the layout.
The Kalmback book, "A Treasury of Model Railroad Photos," circa 1991, has great in-depth articles by Furlow, Dave Frary, John Olson, and Paul Scoles. Most of them were working with medium-format film, but a lot of their techniques are still applicable to digital photography. It's well worth reading if photography is an interest, and every single one of the pictures--almost all color--is very inspirational.
Bruce
Oh you're THAT guy! The name rang a bell but I couldn't quite place it. Then when I mentioned the "Treasury of Model Railroad Photos" book earlier in this thread, I started looking at Model Railroaders I still have from when I was a kid back in the '80s. The January 1986 issue of MR has your layout in it, and it still stuns me the way it did when I was a kid! The floor-to-ceiling scenery was awe-inspiring, and must be one of those things that triggered my mind into narrow gauge once I got back into the hobby a couple years ago. What are you up to these days in terms of modelling? What's Malcolm up to in model trains, if anything?
While my interest in the narrow gauge goes back to the late 60's, my interest in the narrow gauge was constantly peaked by Furlow's and other's articles in MR magazine and I started acquiring HOn3 car kits and bits and pieces as early as 1975 and continued to do so until I sort of put away my MR shoes in the late 90's. I got the bug for HOn3 in 2009 at a train show I just happened to go to with a friend.
The Blackstone RTR locos with DCC and sound blew me away! By early 2010 I was in the fray working on my layout. I was amazed at the value back in the 80's when I bought and built the little Roundhouse HOn3, D&RGW model of the outside frame C-21! Still, it never saw a layout to run on until now.
Narrow gauge is just plain fun. Wooden, 30 foot, truss rod box cars and other interesting rolling stock make for a lot of fun. Four locos and a galloping goose is a Narrow gauge empire! Twenty car trains need a double header with C-19s as pulling power. Cool Beans!
I look forward to more on the S.R&R.L, On2-1/2 layout shown in the current MR.
Richard
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So, does anyone know what annual/magazine Lou Sassi's layout will be featured in?
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Benjamin Maggi So, does anyone know what annual/magazine Lou Sassi's layout will be featured in?
It's on page 24 of the 2015 Model Railroad Planning
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Thanks. I haven't bought RMP 2015 yet. I looked for it last week at a local train show but no vendor had it. I guess I better just order it online.
Mike: I have to tell you that your layout was the inspiration for a model railroading concept that has been with me from the 1990's to the present, spanning several scales and methods of motive power. Your Silverton & Telluride Railway was the inspiration for the 18' x 25' HO standard gauge railroad I had while in Chicago. It also had floor-to-ceiling scenery, trying in my humble way to mimic what I saw in the few photos that were available at the time. The twist was that the railroad, The Rivendell & Midland, was based on JRR Tolkien towns and locations. No whimsical stuff here, just the names and the route were based on The Lord of the Rings. This concept was so completely developed that it continues to this day, in my third G scale garden railroad. Yes, like you, I tore my HO railroad down, too :-( The places, names and operational concepts have remained based on my original HO layout, based on yours. Now it is G scale, and ALL live steam. In a way, your railroad was the seed for the live steam Rivendell & Midland. Thany you SOOOO much for the inspiration!
LES KNOLL
PS: Pictures of the railroad and the 4 live steamers (2-8-0, 14 Ton Shay, Climax and 2-4-4-2 Logging Mallet) can be found in various issues of Steam in the Garden
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