Rebuilding Part 3:
Modeling real railroads and what they do
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n my last “Getting Real” column I told the story of how I
removed and then reinstalled the Williams Creek scene.
The main reason I had to remove the scene from its origi-
nal location was to accommodate a longer passing siding in the
new town of Randolph. Actually, the addition of the Randolph
scene was the second-to-last step in the long process of build-
ing and then rebuilding my layout.
When I completed the massive rebuilding of the layout (as
related in the March 2013 issue of Model Railroad Hobbyist,
a year and a half ago, one remainder of the original lay-
out was a freelanced town centered around a large paper mill
complex.
This town, which I christened “Everett” was included to pro-
vide a place for a large “destination” industry that required a
dedicated switch job to work each shift. My good friend Paul
Dolkos had included just such an industry on his former Boston
& Maine White Mountain Division and working the “Mill Job”
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by Marty McGuirk
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