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James, I just looked over your web site and I really like what you're up to. If you have need of any New England information please let me know. I was going to reference the book "Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn" when I saw you already had found it! I also like how you took the N&W plan and expanded it a bit. My railroad is also somewhat free-lanced. After getting sick and tired of trying to cram the real world in my way too small space I finally decided to model a prototype railroad(s) -- in my case the Central Vermont with a little B&M and Maine Central thrown in -- with fictional towns and track routings. I started by creating a list of "signature elements" for a theme of New England railroading in the 1950s -- things like a paper mill, village, shallow rocky streams, and covered bridges -- not to mention "mixed bag" passenger trains and milk cars and creameries. Then the layout design process was a much simpler matter of fitting all those pieces of the puzzle in place in a visually interesting and appealing manner. Much more enjoyable -- to me anyway -- than simply trying to take track maps and cram all the lines into my space. Take care, Marty McGuirk
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