Woke up early and flipped through a few issues of OGR. Nice way to start the morning
The one most interesting to me was Run 172 (April 2000). That issue included an article entitled Hi-Rail on the New Haven, story by Peter Paulnak (owner of layout), photos by Fred M. Dole.
Everything about the New Haven RR appeals to me, and Peter did a great job modeling it, with 4 tracks in one area, and beautiful scenery and structures reminiscent of the New Haven and New England in the 1950s.
What blew me away was Peter's operating missle silo with a Lionel operating rocket launcher inside one of his mountains. Peter explains that missle silos existed in the mountains of New England during the Sputnik and duck under era of the 1950s. On Peter's layout, the viewer can see the interior of the mountain with the missle moving into position, as sirens and steam go off and the missle is launched.
A layout does not get more dramatic than that, IMO.
Arnold
