More kudos

Even though the NMRA 2020 national convention has been scrubbed, some more of our local modelers (see the post of March 20, in this blog) are seeing their work published in the model press. Latest to be recognized are Hank Kraichely and John Peluso.

Hank Kraichely built a large homage to the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (CB&Q) between St. Louis and Hannibal in his 35' x 35' basement.  That effort ... his second at what he calls a "real" model railroad ... led to the cover of the June 2020 issue of the NMRA Magazine and the feature story inside.

This second iteration was started in 2004, and featured scenes include a long bridge over the Missouri River, and the Portland Cement Plant. A portion of the railroad is double-decked, without a helix, but rather with the long, gradual grade.

Conceived and built for realistic operations, Hank's thoughts, planning, methods, products, and results are carefully documented in the story. An operating session utilizes 10-12 operators, using wireless throttles on the Digitrax-powered layout.

Hank has held a number of NMRA related offices, the most recent as President of the Mid-Continent (MCoR) Region.

In an article written and photographed by Patrick Hiatte in the June 2020 issue of Model Railroader, the St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. (Frisco) layout of John Peluso is highlighted. The 16' x 30' double decked railroad is controlled by the CVP EasyDCC system, is set in the late '50s to the late '60s, and includes many prototypical scenes between St. Louis and Springfield. John is also into operations, and his four operating sessions each year use seven operators.