Wow a first post and you're calling someone out.
Possibly you are the plans original architect/designer? :-)
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
Original architect? No. Not that talented. I just happened to be reading the April 2001 MR because it had an article about the Small Layout Contest winner for that year. In that MR, there is 2-page article for the Metro Belt and Terminal. The trackplan for the Buffalo & Susquehanna is virtually identical, even down to the operation and industry/scenic suggestions.
I just didn't think that it was right to enter the plan into a contest without a single reference to the original. It was clear to me from reading some of the other posts and critiques about the entries, that no one else recognized this plan from MR, so I thought I'd bring it up.
As I posted before, if the design was entered by the writer of the original April 2001 article, I'll just go sit quietly in the corner and hope no one notices me.