2024 Pittsburgh 44th National Narrow Gauge Convention
The Mudhens displayed our Chicago-based modules at the Pittsburgh NNGC, in a layout such as that shown below. We had a great time in Pittsburgh!
CAD Drawings by: John Scherr
Photo Gallery from the 2024 Pittsburgh Convention
ET&WNC #10 leads a mixed train through the covered bridge on Craig Crombar's Elk Park module and past the spur to the William E. Ellis grist mill.
An overview of Port Royal on George Pierson's Tuscarora Valley module.
Two trains at Smelter are poised to take the main , while George (left) chats with a fellow conventioneer.
No. 10 with a mixed train gingerly crosses the High Bridge on John Massura's Lost Canyon module.
The headlight in the distance is a slow-moving train, approaching Port Royal. Dean Smith (center) has the throttle, as Craig Crombar (right) looks on and Mike McKenzie (left) tends to other matters.
Life is peaceful in the town of Elk Park on Craig Crombar's beautiful module.
A train of logs waits in the hole at Sneffels, one of John Massura's modules.
A view of the entire 44' long layout from the Tin Cup module..
It's train time in Elk Park.
A doodlebug pulls a lone box car behind the town of Elk Park, toward a tunnel through the ridge.
There's lots of activity at Smelter and Sneffels. Both modules are built by John Massura.
Things are quiet for the time being at Port Royal on George Pierson's Tuscarora Valley module. In the distance is Craig Crombar's covered bridge on the ET & WNC.
A passenger train slides behind the downtown at Elk Park.
No. 10 pulls a mixed train across the truss bridge on John Massura's Lost Canyon module. The second track was pulled from the bridge, and was replaced with a highway - a sign of things to come?
The town of Elk Park between trains.