Current Layout by Ron Kemp

Layout Name:

"Buffalo New York Central Belt Line"

Layout Status:

active

Track Type:

Layout Space:

12' x 46'

Layout Style:

Oval/Rectilinear

Track Manufacturer:

Fox Valley Models, MTH, S-Helper Service

Rail Size:

code 138

Min. Turnout Frog:

Min. Radius:

50" (main)

Ruling Grade:

Track Height(s):

50"

Mainline Track Length:

72' (current)

Completed:

benchwork: 100%; track: 100%; scenery: 35%

Setting:

urban Buffalo, NY

Railroad(s) Modeled:

NYC, DL&W, PRR, B&O, freelance

Control System:

Featured In:

NASG Dispatch, Mar 2022, pg 16

Notes:

Ron is planning on having some battery-powered engines on the layout.

As it appeared in the March 2023 NASG Dispatch article.

Ron's new layout is under construction.

To simulate ballast (and to hide the look of cork), Ron sprays the area with this product.

The scenery base is either foam board (right) or cardboard webbing.

The viaduct is under construction.

Ron pulled out his A.C. Gilbert 0-6-0 which he received Christmas of 1959. After at least years in storage, the model ran immediately as soon as power was provided to the rail. It's passing over Box Avenue on Ron's layout. The PRR had trackage rights on the parallel DL&W which must have been temporarily out of service at the time of the photo.