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The Conrail layout of Ken McCorry is so big it takes a train 45 minutes to run its full length. The mainline of 25 scale miles occupies its own 3300 square foot barn. The steel mill takes up 300 square feet. With 5 decks the railroad is big. The bottom two decks represent staging. The top deck is a branchline, and the middle two decks are the visible parts of the railroad. Ken started building
the HO layout in 1992. In 1996 he increased the size of his custom-built
barn. He says this is the final addition and building this layout,
that some have called the largest home layout in the world, has
been a great deal of fun. The layout follows the route of the old Pennsylvania Railroad from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Buffalo, New York in 1980 and that means helpers on the 3% grade to Keating Summit. |
Ken has 175 locomotives and more than 2,000 pieces of rolling stock. Operating sessions require 17 operators and 3 dispatchers to keep things moving. Operating the railroad has become Ken’s main interest in the hobby, but he also wants to finish all the scenery and install the remaining signals.
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He will show you how to cantilever your benchwork, make scenery with plaster gauze, build structures with gator foam, and use operating signals. The Conrail Railroad is a Great Model Railroad because Ken has created a layout on a grand scale that is easy to maintain and fun to operate.
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