The Chester Valley RR, Track Plan of the Month

In the November 1939 issue of Model Railroader, there was an excellent layout design put together by J. Harold Geissel. Just for fun, I took Harold’s design, converted it to HO scale, trimmed a few things out, made some minor adjustments, and updated it to the modern era. What you see here would fit in one side of a two-car garage. The concept is based on the idea of a short, Genessee & Wyoming branch line in the Philadelphia suburbs. It interchanges with one of the majors, runs for ten miles or so, and serves a half dozen or so industries.