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Jim 1. Glad to see the M&PS was built 2. I thought it deserved 30 inch or better curves 3. Limited storage capacity and lack of provision for staging was a "feature" of 1950s designs. Probably limited rolling stock availability did not require it. A functional, good looking layout was an achievement. Operational modelling was in its infancy. Bob Warren's recycle remedied the storage problem. 4. M&PS as published had a couple of operational challenges: both sides of the mountain grades on single track with helpers turning at Lofty would have created track occupancy problems; running a peddler one end to the other would have been a beast... check it out on the plan. 5. My guess is it would have been too "busy" for a club layout.... both on the tracks and in the aisles. Thanks for letting us know about the Progress Valley.
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