Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 1975-11
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The Penn Creek Valley

Sam describes his layout and how he acquired and built the layout's equipment. Even though S is a minority scale, Sam still has 7 steam engines, one A-B diesel set, 40 freight cars, and 6 passenger cars operating on his layout. In addition to the many photos of his layout, a track plan is included, as well as ways in which the reader can get additional information about S-scale.

A Lingering Look at Dayton '75

A series of photos of the NMRA convention in Dayton, Ohio. Among the many photos are two of the "William Crooks," a 4-4-0 built for the St. Paul & Pacific in 1861 was the prototype for this S-scale model, which one first place in the steam locomotive category, built from scratch by Reg Bilodeau of Ottowa, Ontario. Also included is a photo of Gil Freitag's grist mill.

Commentary

Although the entry is not accredited an author, there is an opinion piece in the back of the magazine where the author believes that modeling in a minority scale, such as S, and more specifically Sn3, is a perfect scale for those who wish to not be tempted into "buying" their way into a nice layout, but rather be "forced" to have to build the things he or she wants for the layout.