Connecticut River & Boston and Maine Back to layouts
Owner: Jim Simmons

Scale: HO

Description:
The railroad incorporates several New England Railroads including B&M, New Haven , B &M and Maine Central. Bellows Falls is the first stop coming out of the tunnel under the village of Bellows Falls from the helix. At Bellows Falls the Rutland Railroad crosses over the Connecticut River and travels through Cavendish Cut in Vermont . The B& M Railroad crosses the Connecticut River on the other side of the Round House to New Hampshire and the White Mountains. Starting at Springfield , Ma to Greenfield and Westminster Ma on lower level a Helix takes you up to New Hampshire and Vermont on second level.

Layout is a point to point railroad with two reversing loops and is 19' x 14'. It incorporates two levels with a 4 turn Helix. Operation is by Cab Control with walk around throttles. The layout uses one duck under with chair.

At the Second level I am currently modeling:

1. Modeling Bellows Falls , Vermont
2. Crawford Notch, New Hampshire with gateway to White Mountains , New Hampshire .
3. Frankenstein Trestle
4.Whitefield Junction New Hampshire
5. Other small towns yet to be named

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Rolling Stock:

15 Steam ( 12 are brass)

Approx: 50 diesels with moroon/gold and blue color schemes

8 B & M buddliners

Flying Yankee train in brass

Approx: 60 passenger cars

80 Freight cars

17 Caboose ( 5 are brass)

Hope this helps,

Jim