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Future Railroad of
Fred Wintsch
Glastonbury, CT.
My Dad built my
first model railroad when I was 4 or 5 and living in Canada
- a Lionel system consisting of two interconnected ovals. We
moved Back to Connecticut
and my Railroad was a good sized American Flyer system, some of
which I still set up around the Christmas tree.
Around 1955, I
discovered HO and began the first of many layouts, none of which
reached what my wife calls "finished." The layout
pictured here has intrigued me for years, but it was only as I
approached retirement that I decided to build it. The layout
consists of five segments built on a styrofoam, with cork applied
for roadbed and all track is hand laid and utilizes DCC control.
The layout is now at our summer home in Maine and gave me the first real
chance I've had to build some real scenery. By my wife's
standards, it's the most "finished" of all.
I've now started
a new bigger layout here in Connecticut.
It will occupy an area about 12 by 17 with additional rights of way
around an air circulator for the A/C system. It
will have DCC control and will consist of two stacked
levels. Much of the initial benchwork is complete and anyone
interested in helping or establishing a round robin "club' is
urged to contact me.
DIRECTIONS Need snail male address and
directions for visitors
d built my
firs
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