The Moriarty and Lumberton…
My good friend Simon has long held plans to create a HO scale model. The 44t switcher seen here was bought new many years ago and reworked for such a scheme which until recently lay dormant… My own Coalbridge Street layout was a catalyst when he saw it last year at the Small Layout Design book launch event - and one of Chris’s wonderful concepts, the overlap, fuelled a small scheme sketched by Simon, below… This is a compact scheme, the Moriarty and Lumberton is a common carrier shortline but heavily reliant on the timber industry, Moriarty featuring a large mill complex. The line to Lumberton climbs into the hills and crosses large ravines - hence the bridge scene in the overlap. I’m really excited by seeing a concept and prototype that is being adapted and used by a different creative - interpreted through his hand. This post is an encouraging support and marker, but with no expectation of progress or completion. I thought the idea deserved sharing, the models too… Simon has bee...
