Rewards for great modeler

It's always good when an outstanding modeler is recognized. Such recognition is coming fast and furious to Dave Abeles, a good friend who models the Onondaga Cutoff, a mid-1990's HO-scale mythical Conrail-based railroad that circles Syracuse, New York.

Dave's latest honor comes in the form of the cover and a feature article in the September 2020, issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. Both the writing and photography are his. This adds to his earlier recognition in Model Railroader.

He is employed by the New Jersey Transit railroad, and is a graduate in engineering from Syracuse University. An outstanding modeler and photographer, Dave has a book in production with Kalmbach books, Signals and Interlockings for your Model Railroad, due out in the spring.

Heavy into operations and an innovator, Dave conducts virtual operating sessions on a monthly basis that include remote operators and dispatching from as far away as Scotland and Australia.

You can check out his modeling and railroad at https://onondagacutoff.blogspot.com.