509 – B&M Eastern Route

James Van Bokkelen

LAYOUT TOUR — Thursday, 9:00 am
— 4:00 pm
Location — South Hampton, NH
Distance from Convention Hotel — 51 Miles
Scale — HO
Era — 1950 – 1965
Scenery Complete — 50%
Accesibility — Not HC Accessible
Parking — Park in tennis court lot across street (driveway tight, hard to turn)

Around the walls attic layout, 36” radius main line, double track with two single track segments. Staging yard and urban yard. Urban areas at one end, rural and small city at the other. Mostly hand laid track, switchable DC or MRC Prodigy Advance DCC power. Working B&M prototype signals. Dozens of scratch-built structures (styrene, wood, acrylic), hand painted backdrops. Equipment and operating scheme reflect B&M commuter district schedules and freight traffic 1950 – 1965. Articles about the layout have been published in RMC, Scale Rails and the NER Coupler.