Shoofly free-moN module - 2
From a John Armstrong sketch to
super-detailed signature scene ...
W
hen I returned to the hobby a few years ago and
read John Armstrong’s “Track Planning for Realistic
Operations (3rd Edition)” (Kalmbach, 1998) for the
first time, I was struck by the simplicity and story potential of
his small sketch of a “shoofly” (page 123). A shoofly is a section
of track, usually laid down on a temporary dirt embankment,
that bypasses a washout or construction site on the mainline
and allows rail traffic to continue while the main is repaired or
a new bridge constructed.
MRH-Feb 2013
