A freelanced layout is a very tricky thing to get right. The railroad is a figment of the modeler's imagination but it still needs to look as though it plausibly could exist. That's why many successful freelanced layouts are set in a real place at a specific point in history. Like any good work of fiction, it's the element of truth that makes it come to life. Childhood memories of days spent watching trains in the Cincinnati area with his dad inspired George Campbell's freelanced HO scale Campbell Road, which is this month's cover feature. Inspiration is the key word. That strong feeling of connection for a place or time will help keep you happily working on the railroad. Based on the real-life railroads of Cincinnati in the 1950s, especially the Norfolk & Western Ry. and the Louisville & Nashville RR, the trains of the Campbell Road seem to be fit right in, as you'll see in the story starting on page 38.
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