A newly discovered John Armstrong model railroad track plan

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

Published: January 20, 2012

John Armstong had produced hundreds of track plans published in magazines and book, 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.

To see more of John's work, check out the "Best of John Armstrong vol. 1: Room-size track plans of the 1950s" article series.

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