At present, locomotives are early diesels from many of the
mainstream manufacturers, including Kato, Atlas, Athearn, Trix,
and Broadway Limited.
The fleet presently consists of one or more of the following:
Alco RS1, Alco RS3, EMD GP7, EMD F7 A&B, Baldwin RF16
“Sharknose,” FM H-24-66 (Train Master), Alco 4-6-4 Hudson,
Alco 2-8-2 Mikado.
Nearly all of the locomotives are equipped with sound, many
coming from the manufacturer already equipped, but I have
converted the older ones using DCC-based sound decoders
with speakers.
Lake Tupper & South Junction- 9
Railroad at a glance
Name: Tupper Lake and South Junction
Scale: HO
Prototype: Freelanced, inspired by the New York Central
Locale: Adirondacks upstate New York
Era: Late 1930s - early 1950s.
Minimum Radius: 21”
Minimum turnout: No. 6
Maximum Grade: None
Bench work: Open Grid
Height: 48”
Roadbed: Cork on Homasote on ½" plywood
Track code: Code 70 and 83 flex track
Scenery: Plaster gauze over cardboard web. Extensive use of "ground goop"
Backdrop: Hand-painted Masonite
Control: NCE DCC with tethered cabs and wireless
Future Plans
The layout is nearly complete, and aside from small tweaks, I
will be spending time running and operating the layout.
I am in the NMRA MMR achievement program, and have
earned three certificates. I am working toward the final four.
This is an ongoing goal and I will hopefully reach it soon.
John Diamond has been model-
ling for more than 30 years, mostly
of Northern American railroads.
These settings have provided a much
broader canvas from which he could
draw inspiration.
Although on a smaller scale than
many layouts featured in US pub-
lications, John has been working
on a bedroom layout for the last 9
years. It is only with the support
of his loving wife, Wendy, that he
has been able to persevere through
many physical and medical trials,
bringing his layout to near comple-
tion. However, as we all know, lay-
outs are never truly finished.
MRH-Jul 2014
