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Boy a blast from the past. A few years ago we started going to Florida for a winter break. I thought of that layout and looked for some info. on it to see if it was anywhere near where we were staying. I couldn’t find any info. . The layout I believe featured Proto 1 engines with an elaborate computer setup that switched powered blocks automatically. With the arrival of DCS before completion I wonder if it just got bogged down. It was kind of obsolete control wise before it was finished.

There was another layout that was near our friends that we visited. North of Tampa. It was being built in a Quonset hut. Visible from the road and being built in stages. Then being reassembled in a future permanent location. High end with all craftsman like structures. I believe it was called the Fowler Dream Layout. My friend sent me a link to a local TV news station that did a feature on it. You can Google it but looks like the page never changes.

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