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Brunswick, the city that almost wasn’t & Tuscan Railroad.


Construction of the railroad began in earnest that first winter with the city


of Tuscan, a large yard, turntable, and a six-stall


roundhouse. Once those were completed, I moved on to a rendi-


tion of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s world-famous Horseshoe Curve which took up most of the back wall.


A passenger train has just arrived at the station (above), while a small crowd gathers to hear Shenanigans Irish Band, and the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile passes in front of the Palace Theater. An F7 (below) leads a freight train out of the tunnel. Note Aunt Mary’s World Renowned Home Bakes (on the far left). Many of the businesses on the layout are named af- ter family members or friends. The imposing Beaux-Arts style B&T station is on the far right.


How Brunswick began West of Horseshoe Curve was an area of approximately ten by fourteen feet in which track was laid but with the rest being “undeveloped land.” On its left were four tracks on a curve, which took up a lot of real estate. Mov- ing toward the right, the tracks were reduced to three with a grade and a truss bridge, a heavy-duty PRR main- line style scene if there ever was one. However, I had no real plans for the de- velopment of this area. Randy Costanza, a good friend, supe- rior modeler and person of great vision, suggested I build a large city with the tracks going beneath. I was not recep- tive to his idea. Several weeks later he brought up the subject again, but, still, I was not buying into it. One Saturday afternoon I decided to take a 3½″ thick cover from a bond paper box and placed it on the open benchwork. I then took a building and set it on top of the box. I was impressed since I could visu- alize what the area could look like and how a city might fit. But, visualizing is one thing. Now I was left with the chal- lenge of making it work.


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AUGUST 2012


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