Dan Padova posted:Back in 1981 I met Dan Heenon (spelling ?) at the end of the parking lot at 30th Street Station. I would go there to photograph GG1s and the then new GE-60s plus anything else that appealed to me. One day, I had my oldest daughter with me. She was five at the time. Dan was there and invited me to see his two rail O scale layout at his home on North Broad Street.
So I took him up on his offer and my daughter and I knocked on his door one afternoon. His basement was filled with the layout. Sadly, I didn't have my camera with me so I only have a sketchy recollection of the layout.
His wife was very gracious and entertained my daughter with a tea party. I never had the pleasure of seeing Dan again after that one visit and have wondered about him from time to time.
Dan Henon (only one E) was the originator editor/publisher of the late "O Scale News 48/ft" magazine, which started out as a news letter. He also was one of the people behind the early EOS swap meets (Eastern O Scalers) that were ultimately taken over by Dave Richter and Al Small. Dan suffered a stroke and sold the magazine and ultimately passed on several years back.
Dan is a member of the "O Scale Hall of Fame"
http://www.oscalekings.org/halloffame.html
Simon
