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            railroader and railfan for 30 years.
          
        
        
          
            His interest in railroading blossomed
          
        
        
          
            while growing up in New Jersey sur-
          
        
        
          
            rounded by multiple freight and pas-
          
        
        
          
            senger rail lines including Amtrak’s
          
        
        
          
            Northeast Corridor.
          
        
        
          
            Presently residing in Ohio far from his
          
        
        
          
            railroading roots, Matt and his wife De-
          
        
        
          
            bie share the hobby, modeling the area
          
        
        
          
            he grew up in: north-central Jersey.
          
        
        
          
            Their “Conrail New Jersey Division”
          
        
        
          
            layout has been featured in Great
          
        
        
          
            Model Railroads, Rail Model Journal, and in the Allen Keller Great Model
          
        
        
          
            Railroads DVD series. Matt has had articles in Railroad Model Craftsman,
          
        
        
          
            RailModel Journal, Scale Rails and Model Railroader, as well as online at
          
        
        
          
            railroad.net.
          
        
        
        
        
          MRH-Jan 2014