Tom Johnson grew up along the
Nickel Plate in Plymouth, IN.
The PRR main out of Chicago
and the South Bend Branch
(Vandalia Branch) were each
about two blocks away. Tom’s
family held reunions in Delong,
IN at his aunt and uncle’s
farm located beside the Erie
Lackawanna and PRR South
Bend Branch diamond. The
interchange track literally ran
right through the front yard.
Tom has been involved with model railroading most of his
life. His first serious layout was published in
Railroad Model
Craftsman
in November 1985 and was also the Logansport
and Indiana Northern. Tom later tore it down and built his
current layout, which was first published in the 2008 issue of
Great Model Railroads.
Tom has since made several changes
and improvements. Tom’s latest change has been to switch
over to DCC and modeling the Erie Western which served the
former Erie Lackawanna. Tom reports he’s having lots of fun
with this latest change!
