The Dedham Mass. Relocation to Paterson NJ

Wow Ben!  I can't wait to see all the changes at this year's Trainstock!

I love it and can't wait to see it. The Empire Records record shop was a gift from Sue and me to Marty. It was my father's record store and was located at 39 South 52nd Street in Philadelphia. My father died when I was 18 and I worked in the store for 6 years. It was quite an education. 45s were 69 cents, and albums were usually $2.99 and $3.99. Stereo an additional $1.00. A gallon of gas was between 25 and 30 cents. The duplicate of the store is on my layout.

Marty was a wonderful person and this is a great tribute to him.

Gerry

Ben this is great to see!

WOW!!  How wonderful!!!  Thanks for sharing Ben

Great the buildings were saved.  What happened to the catenary?

@necrails posted:

Great the buildings were saved.  What happened to the catenary?

We have that in boxes   It will e a future project to install  Not sure which Line on our layout will be electrified

Great work Ben and the NJHR's

What a special place to carry on Marty's legacy.

Wow Ben everything looks great. Marty is looking down with a huge smile ! The replica i built of his home is on the perfect layout where it belongs , I'm glad we decided to put it there .

Alex

That's quite an array of buildings Ben, can't wait to see them in person.  Sure wish I was seeing Marty in person as well...

Awesome to see South Station and the others as well preserved.

How neat it would be if all well-done layouts could be preserved in some form. I always think of John Armstrong's Canandaigua Southern - 50 some years in the making.

Awesome Ben. Marty lives on in our hearts and on the layout. Can’t wait to see it in person.

So nice Ben. Looking forward to seeing them in person.

Leading off with Alex's model of Marty's home was a home run Ben.  I'm just sorry I won't be able to attend Trainstock this year to see all the additions.

Ben and club ,thank you for taking the time and effort to gather and preserve this marvelous collection of Marty’s work and thanks to Dottie for making it available to you.

Brad

Probably should have used a block & tackle to maneuver South Station in place Ben. That’s one heavy structure. 💪🏿

Looking forward to seeing it all at Trainstock 13.

@Captain John posted:

Probably should have used a block & tackle to maneuver South Station in place Ben. That’s one heavy structure. 💪🏿

Looking forward to seeing it all at Trainstock 13.

Dont I know it john  I placed that sucker by myself  Still recovering  LOL

Captain John & I are still recovering from lugging it up the stairs and out of Marty's house last September!!

John

Magnificent job.  You are fortunate to have so much space to work with.  I agree with the others that Marty would be happy to see where his buildings ended up.  Hope that his trains find purchasers who will appreciate Marty's collection including some Hornby I gave him as a present many many years ago.  Here's a photo from the past.  I'm on the left.

Lew Schneider

Marty's buildings look great on the NJ layout, Ben and group! 

Marty's buildings look great on the NJ layout, Ben!

Fantastic!

Peter

Well one of the last things we wanted to get up was Marty's signature wall  Here it is along with pictures that Marty had posted of everyone signing it

Nice job, Ben and gang!!

Ben....you guys are so lucky to have all of those structures from Marty's layout.  Wish I had just one on mine!  So glad that you and the NJHR are preserving Marty's legacy in this hobby.  Still miss him so much.

@bluelinec4 posted:

Well one of the last things we wanted to get up was Marty's signature wall  Here it is along with pictures that Marty had posted of everyone signing it

Thank, Ben.

Peter

It was great to see all of Marty's stuff at TrainStock, sure wish I could have seen Marty there as well.

Saved the best for last!