OLD & WEARY CAR SHOP

Its a warm, bright day in the Summer of 1953 At Upper Liberty trestle outside of Liberty New York. F3's No. 821 A & B creep cross the trestle with a Maybrook bound freight. The O&W's Southern Division mainline is now single tracked and CTC has been installed. Evidence of this is the empty space on the superstructure where the old second tracks plate girders once rested. Passenger service is in its last weeks and the end of the road is only a few years away.
This picture was taken on Bill Schneider's HO layout in Higganum, Connecticut. The 12x15' double deck layout represents the area between the upper Liberty trestle and Roscoe. The locos are by Stewart Hobbies with a number of detail parts added. The freight cars are from Branchline Trains, Central Hobby Supply (resin), and Proto 2000. The trestle is made from 3 modified Micro-Engineering kits. Track work is hand laid code 70. Bill is the product designer and General Manager of Branchline Trains.