Yes, The Valley Local is going to the Cocoa Beach RPM (aka "Prototype Rails") next week! It'll be my first time attending this meet, and not only that, but I'll also be giving a presentation at 1p on Friday Jan. 9 and 8:30p Saturday Jan. 10 (same presentation - two showings).
Modeling the Valley Local: New Haven Layout in HO
The New Haven Railroad was ripe with contrasts - from having a busy 4-track, electrified mainline, to maintaining a dense web of branchlines. We'll focus on the New Haven's Valley Line which illustrates some of that contrast. It includes a slice of the busy Shore Line between NYC and Boston but focuses on the interplay between no less than four local freights that provided "retail railroading" in the lower Connecticut River Valley. From a 71 train per day racetrack to a weedy branchline, The Valley Local provides a sampling of all the New Haven had to offer and this presentation will show how I fit it all in.
Hope to see some of you there!
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