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John Armstrong's
Canandaigua Southern is one of the most famous O scale model railroads ever built.
The CS has been under construction since 1950 and belongs to the hobby's premier
trackplanning expert. Many of John's ideas were first tested in theory and practice
on this layout, such as walking with your train and only allowing a train to pass
through a scene in one direction.
The Canandaigua Southern
has inspired many modelers to build layouts even though John has not finished
his layout. As an engineer, John believes in research & development, but once
he's figured out how to make or do something, the challenge is gone. He says he
has never really finished any project. Of course he explains this with a wink
and his gentle sense of humor.
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show you his famous vertical turnout, layout lighting techniques, modifications
to cars for coupling on curves, and how to mount locomotive bodies.
His structures are highly
detailed but few in number. His mammoth scratchbuilt locomotives are impressive
especially since he built them more than 50 years ago, when there were few parts
other than motors. John has contributed to the hobby for more than 60 years by
writing four trackplanning books and over 100 articles. And he offers some unexpected
thoughts on the good and bad hobby developments over the years.
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