A newly discovered John Armstrong model railroad track plan

A newly discovered John Armstrong model railroad track plan

By Angela Cotey | January 20, 2012

| Last updated on January 19, 2021


The HO Mineral Range & Lake Michigan model railroad track plan is set in Great Lakes iron ore country

Armstrong plan scan

John Armstong had produced hundreds of model railroad track plans published in magazines and books, and in fact, earned the nickname “Dean of Model Railroad Track Planning.” He drew this never-published Mineral Range & Lake Michigan RR for a paying client, but it was apparently forgotten for many years in a home in a Chicago suburb.

Click the link to download the PDF of a digital scan of John’s Mineral Range & Lake Michigan model railroad track plan.

 

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