So nice to see this longtime

So nice to see this longtime favorite is still with us.

Always one of my favorites.......................

And the layout is looking as good as ever.

Regards,

Jerry

Nice

Always a nice looking layout.

A great guy and modeler

It is always great to  see Dick's layout. Being from New England I have been fortunate to have visited The Hoosac Valley many times.  Here are a couple of photos of a more recent vintage and a photo of Hoosac  Valley power        

I think I was there once! how did you shrink that town?

Excelent work!! I could swear I have visited that town about 35 years ago, WOW keep up the great modeling.

Absolutely splendid, Mr. E

Absolutely splendid, Mr. Elwell ! The work and artistry of years shines everywhere ! My only kvetch is Photo #40 - I don't believe the loco on that Shooter is an ALCO PA. I can hear the whine of the EMD superchargers all the way in Pittsburgh. Gotta be an EMD, E-8, right ?

Excellent and wonderful!

This layout is one of the best I know! I love it! What a good job!

It's full of realistic scenes and details. The compositions are great!

The fall season is the best for a layout!

That's a wonderful layout.

Bravo Dick Elwell!

Thank you Ray for the photos

Nice to see more photos Ray!

Jacky

Jacky Here is a video of

Jacky

Here is a video of Dick's layout.. 

A google search will produce many more. There are two videos commercially available and numerous magazine articles if you can find them 

Love the Details

I'm wondering if it would be possible for the MRH staff to insert images of layouts like this one with a "full bleed"... i.e., does the MRH online magazine need to have white borders around images if the magazine isn't being printed?   I, like many who read the magazine, am primarily interested in looking at other people's layouts in detail.  As such, the larger the image is the happier I am so I can see all the fine detail. 

Hoosac Valley

If you ever have the opportunity, this is a layout to see in person. Photos here age great, but a visit is even greater.

Higher resolution photos

We are somewhat limited in what we can put into the magazine, so we aim to post downsized images that are about 300 DPI, which does allow you to zoom in and study the photos if you want. For most articles, being able to do a 200% zoom on the magazine photos is sufficient. That said, the PDF is compressed to make it not too large -- we target something around 30-50 MB.

If we published the highest resolution possible, then each magazine would be more like 1 GB. Instead, we've posted high resolution photos from the layout article to this month's bonus downloads. But note, this zip file download with circa 40 hi-res images is 1 GB.

So if you want huge high resolution photos from the article, just visit this month's bonus downloads:

https://forum.mrhmag.com/magazine-feedback-was-ezines-891776

Great!

Thank you Ray!

Dick Elwell's Hoosac Valley

I visited Dick's layout ten or twelve years ago, on a tour of great Massachusetts model railroads that included the Franklin and South Manchester in Peabody and Jimmy Deignan's beautiful layout in Franklin, Massachusetts.  I thought Elwell's layout was superb then and revisiting it in MRH has only confirmed my view.

Russ Norris, MMR

HV POWER

Some HV power ...

 

A Favorite Brilliantly Presented

A familiar and favorite layout that I have seen in many versions and many publications over many years. 
 

This is hands-down the best presentation ever of Dick’s layout and one of the very best articles of its type that I have ever seen since I began model railroading in 1967.  
 

The presentation was thoughtful, and the quality of the captions and photographs were superb.