Stil a very beautifull layout!

I am very glad, this layout still exists.

Bruce Chubbs Layout

Joe : I have an extensive collection of club layout and private layout rolling stock.

         Many I purchased and some I have painted and lettered myself. I did up one

         of the SV reefers based on a photo from MR (I believe). Unfortunately I

         could not find a photo of the car. I probably have at least 60 PRN cars, going

         way back as far as one of Witt Towers' cars. Some of the road names seem

         prototypical and those that don't  "could have been." I am always on the

         look out for logos and heralds of PRN cars in modeling mags so I can decorate

         a car for that pike.

          Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St.Louis Rail Group Layout

OH My what a fantastic Post

OH My what a fantastic Post Office! The entire RR is a great inspiration for all as what can be done with a bit if super detailing and a lot of patients.

Thanks Guys for showing us Bruce Chubb's Beautiful Pike and his fine modeling skills and thank You Bruce for allowing Joe and the crew to show off some of your work I would love to see more.

May you live to be 100+ just so you can enjoy what you have built.

LEADER IN ELECTRONICS BUT USES CAR CARDS

Is a layout article coming

Is a layout article coming soon?

I can remember when the SVS was only on paper..

...and on display in the LDSIG Exhibit Room.  I had the pleasure and honor to have what was the current track plan for my own railroad next to his.  Mr. Chubb was pleasant and very courteous to this young person (i was only 18 at the time).  It was remembering The SVS's multiple Deck layout that convinced me to build a three deck layout in order to accomplish the mainline length I need, both on the Interim P&A and on the Ultimate P&A Plan.

Thank you Mr. Chubb for continuing to be an inspiration to us all.  I hope someday I have the honor of visiting Grand Rapids so that I might see your layout in person!

Ken L

SVOS Layout article

No, I won't be doing one.

I think Model Railroader did one a year or two back that took two sections. I really doubt I could improve on it.

JMRI Ops

I shudder to think of what the setup time for JMRI Ops would be on a layout that size - just putting in all of the cars, locomotives, sidings, and yard tracks.

His op sessions routinely run about 100 trains - there is a very long list of the trains to be run next to the entrance. According to Bruce, setting up for an op session doesn't take very long at all - although resetting the railroad after all the "lets run a train around the tracks" operations of the NMRA Convention will require quite a bit of work.

SET UP FOR JMRI OPERATIONS

Jeff,

I will volunteer to do it, retired have computer will travel.  What an opportunity! Two weeks playing with Bruce's layout. 

Did my 503 cars and 50 trains in 10 days working about 4 hours a day. Half the time was spent test running trains, what a deal.