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My son Ethan actually prompted me to do something more pro-
totypical. When I had the Trinidad layout I showed him some
pictures of the area and he asked, "Why don't you model this?"
Later on he was looking at some Rio Grande books, "Why don’t
you redo a section of your layout and model the Royal Gorge?"
That suggestion floated around in my head for several years
until I was planning this layout and I decided to model the
Royal Gorge and Tennessee Pass.
MRH:
How prototypical is this layout?
Rob:
It is definitely not 100% prototypical. As we all know, in
model railroading it’s all selective compression. There are quite a
few things I had to leave out. Also, I really like operation and indus-
try switching, but the Tennessee Pass line and the Royal Gorge
4: The classy D&RGW paint job on loco 5359 looks great
coming off the bridge over the Arkansas River. Rob's
scene-scapes really have a prototype flavor.
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MRH-Jun 2013
