CharlieComstock startedhis
loveaffairwith trains at age
threebynearlygetting run
over on theB&A in1955.
His seriousmodeling started in
1968butwent dormant from
’71 to ’95after a shelf layout
collapsed, dumpingbrass
locosontoa concretefloor. He
returned tomodel railroading
in themid ‘90sbypurchasing
a fewHO structurekits for
his kid’sBrio trains and soon
startedbuildinga small switching layout.
Over thepast fiveyears, Charliehasbeen involvedwithMRH
wherehewrites the “Up theCreek” column. He is currently
the superintendent of the2ndDivisionof thePacific
NorthwestRegionof theNMRA. Healsohas apersonal
website
