March 2004 MR: THANKS for the F&SM feature

[Anonymous]

Be back soon gota go to my LHS to get the march issue.

[Anonymous]

His layout is awsome!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ndbprr
... From what I saw it looked like the railroad was just loops and not operated in any manner..

I guess we didn't see the track plan the same way[?][?]
It's certainly not "just loops".

I see ONE double-track, 300-foot-plus continuous main line, with crossovers at key locations, with lots of towns, and lots of major switching locations. If George wanted to run a car-routing system, or timetable operations, or both, he could easily do so.
Due to a limited number of passing sidings, he could not have "meets" at every small station...but this was frequently prototypical for double-track mainlines.
regards;
Mike

[AggroJones]

You see most of this natural scenery on Allen Keller's GMR vol 39 video. I was shocked he went in this direction with the rest of the F&SM. I thought I was going to see more faded, falling-apart stuctures in this 3rd visit to his layout, but it was heavily forested. It was still a good tape though.

[lupo]

[bow] At first I did not recognise the layout because the pics in the MR were so much different than the pics on his website, this article makes the picture more complete,
[bow]

[ndbprr]

I think he does phenomenal work. What surprised me though in previous articles is that the railroad is secondary to his building of cities. Instead of the scenery and building supporting the railroad the railroad is just one piece of the overall scene. From what I saw it looked like the railroad was just loops and not operated in any manner. It appeared to me the only purpose the railroad serves is animation.

[Anonymous]

GREAT feature in the March MR issue, with the latest pictures and info on George Sellios' great layout. [8D]..Thanks to Terry.........and to Andy and Dave for the feature itself.

There are some malcontents , mainly on other forums, that invariably find fault with such masters as George ( and John Allen), but this sort of thing I have always put down to jealousy.
Those of us who enjoy such incredible work, are much in the majority.[:D]
regards
Mike
........that Z scale article was very interesting , too.
All in all, a better-than-usual issue for my tastes.[}:)]