Franklin and South Manchester

[MisterBeasley]

The layout is open for public viewing one Saturday per month from April to October, by appointment.

I got to see it as part of a craftsman modeling show.  It's quite the experience, and I would recommend it to anyone who is in the Boston area.

[NP2626]

I just happened upon an article about the above layout finally getting to the point where George Sellios feels he can start to operate.  This was in the March 2011 issue, one of the MR issues I never got, while I was doing my R/C Airplane thing.  I have been an admirer of Georges work since the late 1980s.  I found it interesting that conducting operations had caused George to reconsider things and remove a couple of buildings from his layout, as they obscured track needed for operations.    It sounded to me like the author of the article, Richard Josselyn felt that he was only scratching the surface as far as industries on the layout are concerned and I would guess he is right, knowing how George and Fine Scale Miniatures have produced some of the most railroady structure I have ever seen.

This layout has always been impressive to me and I have found how George does things to be an inspiration which gets my juices going!