and abandoned. So I stitched together a short line based on an
old abandoned Pennsylvania branch line in northern Indiana.
MRH:
Why did you choose to model typical Indiana flat land?
Tom:
I grew up in Indiana, it’s home, I know it, and I like model-
ing what I can see. This is farm country, I love the grain eleva-
tors, small towns, and rural areas of the state. When I want to
model a particular structure or scene, I can go out and pho-
tograph and measure it. If I were to model say something in
the Southwest, it would require special trips to go and photo-
graph the area and structures.
6. Thomas Hardware is the other business still in
operations. The locals provide just enough business to
keep it going, but no one is getting rich.
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