Bob Ginger, MMR, and his wife Gail live in Phoenix, AZ. At the age of seven, Bob found his father’s American Flyer ‘O’ gauge trains under the Christmas tree followed two years later by a small Arnold Rapido ‘N’ scale train set. Bob then built his N scale B&H railroad featured in the Student Fare section of the November 1974 issue of Model Railroader. College, career, and marriage delayed attempts to build a new layout until a romantic October dinner in Vermont when Gail convinced Bob to build a small ‘N’ scale layout together. Soon after he started building the ‘N’ scale Pepper Valley Division,it was featured in the June 2019 issue of Model Railroader and several Walthers catalogs. Bob joined the NMRA in 2019 earning his Golden Spike in 2020, and his MMR in 2021.
CLINIC - Operations with Smaller Layouts
Most operating layouts are HO scale or larger and often in larger spaces. Smaller ‘N’ scale and HO layouts can present some operational challenges. Bob Ginger relates the operational challenges encountered on his ‘N’ scale Pepper Valley Division. He describes how creating an operations plan based on a modified car card system featuring multiple flexible traffic scenarios overcame those challenges. Bob also shares how goals beyond layout operation such as camaraderie and fellowship, have made for great memories.
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