Yes, and Becky his better half required it to avoid what happened to the layout in Oakridge that had a large male racoon drop in lterally though a vent onto the layout when he smelled dougnuts that someone forgot to remove! Looked like Godzilla had hit the layout. Luckily it was not the yard with cars and engines.
Life in the SOUTH! Bob McCarthy ________________________________ From: adguytrains <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 2:51 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Jerry Holmes' layout Ed... That garage loop is ingeniously suspended out over the two cars at about 8 feet high. There are even "critter" doors on the trackage where it exits and enters the house wall so as to keep out those unwanted little trespassers (4, 6, or 8 legged types) common in the rural south and is used when the RR is not in use. Bob Hogan --- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > Jerry Holmes' layout has a C&O look with C&O equipment. Is he following > > anything real C&O? > > Bill Lane > > > Yes. Gerry told me the scenes are as authentic as he could make them within > the space limitations of his room. Also the tracks follow the real thing as > much as possible. Don't ask me for the exact locale, I have forgotten that. > But there is one authentic locale for each scene. His structures are mostly > scratchbuilt and are C&O-authentic. In particular, you would have liked the > elevated loop of track that goes out one tunnel, circles around in the garage > and comes back into the layout room via a different tunnel. A very creative > solution to the lack-of-space problem that we all have. Ed L. >
