As a young lad living in Bangor, Maine, Dave was introduced to the potato industry in its prime. Seventy years later, that fascination lives on in HO scale, as he models potato traffic on the BAR. It’s Autumn in the early 50s, and from Mars Hill in Aroostook County, to dockside at Searsport, spuds are on the move! In this clinic, he will look at construction of typical potato houses, iconic farm trucks for harvesting, and a variety of rolling stock and motive power. At Searsport, you will find a replica of the BAR pier, with its warehouses, a scratch-built model of the unique ship-loading conveyors, and a 5,000-piece 500’ scratch-built freighter, taking on a load of spuds destined for Ireland (wouldn’t want another potato famine). He will also look at how this traffic integrates into his operations plan.
