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[quote user="IVRW"]TrainManTy is Tyler Trahan, from somewhere in New England. He is a very published modeler and has the best railroad of all of us here, the White River Southern. It is very realistic, and is nearly finished. He is even holding regular operating sessions. The WRS is a massive layout with a yard, and 4 towns (which is really big). It has a massive roster, and works everything from commuter work to manifests. In fact, the layout has already been featured at several local shows. [/quote] Thanks for the flattering introduction and kind words. I'll leave it to you to judge whose layout is "best" in your eyes, but I will expand or correct on some of the points you made. Yes, the scenery is coming along and over half of the layout is in some form of partial completion.The layout is approximately 12' by 22' in a kidney shape (you can find more info and a track plan on my website <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/trahans.net/wrs/layout" mce_href="https://sites.google.com/a/trahans.net/wrs/layout">here</a>) and includes the prototype towns of Lebanon, Mascoma, Enfield, and West Canaan. Lebanon includes the division-point yard. I have been holding regular operating sessions throughout last year and early this year, but after some wiring problems and a major failure relating to the staging yard lift bridge protection and reversing section circuit, the sessions have been postponed. I've got new 14 gauge bus wire in and just have to rebuild the bridge protection and reversing circuit. Then after some track fixes I'll be ready to restart sessions.My roster isn't actually that large, well not my active roster anyway. I have a GP18, a GP7, and a (kept for sentimental value and in service as a stand-in) SDP35 in service, with another GP18, two GP7s, and a pair of GP15-1s out of service in the paint shop or awaiting it. Regularly scheduled trains consist of two locals, a pair of manifests, and a pair of intermodal trains. Commuter service is coming someday, John! [;)]Finally, my layout is about as far from movable as they come, so I'm not sure what "several local shows" you mean. My layout has never left my basement and no more than ~20 people have ever seen it in person. Oh, and I've been published in a local newspaper and Trains Magazine, but never for anything about my layout. However, as I write this I'm in the middle of writing to Model Railroader, so I'll keep you posted on that!
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