O Scale Railroading has lost a good frind and a great builder.
Norm Coe.
http://www.legacy.com/obituari...s-cole&pid=155405812
Rich Yoder
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSha0WQXkiE
link to Mr.Cole youtube video.
sorry to here of his passing.
link to Mr.Cole youtube video.
sorry to here of his passing.
Dear Rich, Thank you for letting us know Norm's passing. Patty and I with John Jr and Jennifer Lynne visited his wonderful layout after the Easton EOS Meets and he would let John Jr. (Age 9) run the Reading Crusader, which he superdetailed and I proudly now own- Thanks to you- and operates at the Cherry Valley club. I will remember him fondly each time it travels around the CV.John P.Dunn Sr.
Truly sad. I always enjoyed looking at back issues of OGR and admiring his layout. His layout was a joy to watch as well!
Cesar
Cesar
Thanks, Rich. He will be missed. And thanks for that great video, David. I think I'll post it over on the 3 rail forum.
Norm Cole was a real inspiration to me. I had read of his work over the years first with his outside third rail layout of 40 some yars ago in 0 Scale Mag. Then on the 20th or 25th anniversary of that pike OGR covered his RR again after Norm had converted that RR to two rail.
When I first visited his layout in the early nineties I was amazed to see a totally new layout in his 57' long basement!
He related how he had been diagnosed with a terminal condition and wanted to make it easy for his children so he tore down the model RR, fixed up the basement and made final preparations.
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"Well", he says, "my health improved"! So, in his sixties he started over and what you see in the above video was started after many of us would have retired to the Barcalounger, all hand laid track.
He showed me it is never too late to start something great and the value of a ranch house for providing a big basement in a modest dwelling.
Over the years he has always been a very hospitable host ready to share some insights. Thank you Norm. tt
When I first visited his layout in the early nineties I was amazed to see a totally new layout in his 57' long basement!
He related how he had been diagnosed with a terminal condition and wanted to make it easy for his children so he tore down the model RR, fixed up the basement and made final preparations.
."Well", he says, "my health improved"! So, in his sixties he started over and what you see in the above video was started after many of us would have retired to the Barcalounger, all hand laid track.
He showed me it is never too late to start something great and the value of a ranch house for providing a big basement in a modest dwelling.
Over the years he has always been a very hospitable host ready to share some insights. Thank you Norm. tt
What issue was his railroad featured in?
