Bummer! I just herd that Russ is downsizing and is dismanteling his famous Camden & Amboy O scale RR. Featured in O scale magazines from O scale RR to 48/ft and others as well as at least two O scale conventions-Teaneck & Parsippany, the 1980's and 1990's, this RR featured operating cantenary and was of a semi shelf/modular design. I don't know if it will make it for the July O scale convention layout tours.
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Russ's layout will be open one last time for persons attending the NMRA Garden State Division Spring Meet on Sunday April 22,2012. The meet will be held at The Model Railroad Club in Union, NJ. Layout tour follows the meet. This meet is open to all. You do not have to be an NMRA member to attend, but you will get membership info pack. 
See below link to GSD Newsletter for meet details. Pgs 9 and 13
http://nergsd.com/Data/WP122.pdf
Andy Brusgard
Worth seeing. Years ago, the Eastern O scalers had a round robin open house. This was especially useful to those of us who looked but never built anything. Got to see Russ's layout along with one in South Plainfield built by Chris Bond, Tom Picarillo's (Of MicroMark) original trolley line (even got to operate on the line!!) and several others. The 2 rail bug bit that day and left an itch that still needs to be scratched.
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In that little photo of me you can see the sparks flying as I am cutting "NYSME Standard" steel rail with a Dremel tool. The New York Society of Model Engineers had made the earliest scale size rail back in the early 1930s. The rail is actually cold drawn steel wire pulled through a die to form the rail.
We, of course, are still using it.
Andy Brusgard
NYSME
Looks nice. I hope I can see it in time. If not, hopefully he has it well documented in photos.
Looks nice. I hope I can see it in time. If not, hopefully he has it well documented in photos.
Chris, There was a pretty decent article in the late OSN toward the end of the mags run. As I recall, it made the cover. It has a roll out section and catenary, and is mostly PRR based.
Simon
If anyone attended and took pictures, could you post some?
Thanks,
Jack Bartman
Thanks Andy.
That is a beautiful layout!! So being new to 2 rail, what happens to all the stuff on the layout once Russ tears it down? Is all of his track work hand laid or commercial?
Chuck
I beleive all his track work was done by hand.
Also, that beautiful catenery.
Sections of the layout are being preserved
for use in a new layout at his new home.
Andy Brusgard
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