A Look Back At The Old Green Mtn. Division Layout

A CV Passenger train is passing the White River Jct. yard office as a Grand trunk 2-8-2 is taking coal on the shop track

Memories from My Previous Layout...By Don Janes

     While I was having my Sunday morning coffee I decided to sit down at the computer and browse some photos of my old layout.  As I looked at the various scenes I found it hard to believe that I had accomplished all I did in the time I had.  Now it is all gone and the room is filled with mostly bare benchwork and track.  I had a wonderful time building the original Green Mountain Division but there were just so many new things I wanted to incorporate into a layout that I decided to bight the bullet and tear it down and start again.  It was really hard pulling up that first section of handlaid track and removing all the structures that I had so carefully built and added to the layout but once it was gone and I started with fresh ideas I am glad I made that decision.  I am really enjoying the challenge of building my new layout with new scenes that I had always wanted to add.  The first layout was a true learning experience since I had never built a layout before and the knowledge that I gained over those twenty years was invaluable.  

    So, I decided to pick out a few photos of some of my favorite scenes and do a post. Some of the structures are gone now and some have found a home on other layouts. I am heading to Arizona for a couple of months so this will be my last exposure to modelling for a while.

Crews go about their daily chores at the WRJ engine terminal as

This shot of Rutland 2-8-2 #37 is one of my favorite photos from the old layout.

Here we see a couple of trains at Bellows Falls

In another Bellows Falls view, a B&M RS-3 spots a milk car at the creamery.

A Rutland 70 tonner spots a gondola at the quarry.  This structure found a home on the new layout.

The Bellows Falls freight House has found a new home on George's White River Division.

A pair of B&M F units are being serviced at the WRJ engine terminal.

Another view of the WRJ coal dock.  SAdly, this structure is gone now.

A CPR freight rounds a curve as it approached Bellows Falls.

CV GP-9 4548, built in 1957 occupies the crossing at WRJ as a 1957 Chevy waits.The scratchbuilt Pillar and Post Inn will find a home on the new layout.

This is Essex Jct. where  a CV freight powered by a pair of CNR C-Liners has been given the route while a B&M freight waits patiently.

The wood stove in the cabin is going as a Rutland freight passes on a cool Oct. morning.