Believe it or not, there are actually TWO Central Vermont Railway modelers in Manassas, Va., me, and my good friend John Paganoni.
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The model is completely scratchbuilt, and accurately reflects the appearance of the structure in John's 1950s era.
Close study will reveal this is a building with history - the older arched stalls on the left side date to the pre-Civil War era (by John's era this section of the building had been converted to a shop area since the doors were too small for the power in use on the line at the time), the middle section - with the larger doors and longer stalls - built as six stalls but four of them burned down. And finally, the "new house" - the wooden section to the right with the larger windows and doors.
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Here's John's description of the project:
"Marty:
The New London roundhouse project is about complete except for some interior
detail in the newest section (4 stall section)that I will do before putting
the structure in place. The machine shop will be fully detailed inside, and
I have already completed the machines and floor as an insert when I put the
structure in place. Lighting is already installed.
There are a lot of things I would have liked to come out better, but I am
tiring of this project (it has taken far more time than I thought it would)
and want to get on with bench work.
John"