Sogn Valley - Mike Moormann's railroad

[rogergperkins]

I posted a new topic on this subject before I temporarily lost access to this forum.  Now I cannot find it.
This layout was the subject of an article in one of the magazines.  It has a distinctive style I have not seen since first viewing a module at a Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN railroad show several years ago.  The word that comes to mind is sparse.  The fictious railroad was set in the 1930s somewhere between the Twin Cities and Rochester, MN.   Moormann was a meticulous modeller.   The end result was a layout that was interesting, but not overcrowded with buildings.

[wcfn100]

Those modules from the home layout were always a favorite of mine at the shows. 


Jason

[wazzou]

Those modules and the structures on them were a big catalyst for me entering N Scale, as well as the Clinchfield Book, of course.  I think the magazine issue was Model Railroading. 
I still have it somewhere.

[sizemore]

LMGTFY: http://www.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/288/21431/may-1999-page-29

The S.

[wcfn100]

I had the good fortune to see the layout during the '99 NMRA convention.  The only drawbacks were the loop-to-loop design and low table height (there were quite a few windows in that room IIRC).  Two things that were fairly common 15+ years ago but both since fallen out of favor. 

That layout at eye level and maybe shadow boxed a little would  no doubt still be in the top 5% today.


Jason

[wcfn100]

Either Harmar, Northtown or both, I don't know if he did any others.  My dad and I did both shows starting in 1979 until the 90's when insurance and kiosks started to kill them off.


Jason