Joe Rusz said:I've read about two things that John regretted --- one was the name of his railroad. Believe it or not, he once said that he wished he had given it a serious name, but by then it was too late... I think most of us would agree he was mistaken, and the G&D name was just great. Anyway...
....John Allen's "Gorre & Dapheted" legendary model railroad
Did you know that his operator pals nicknamed it the G-d D-mn-d Railroad?
Traditionally, commuters devised leg-pulling nicknames based on the initials of their regular commuter line. As with John’s operators, that tradition has been upheld on my own ‘Late and Slow’. And that in turn is based on the name of an old Model Railroad columnist from Way Wayback, who called himself Leighton Slough.
The other regret of John’s, by the way, was the painted clouds on his backdrop; he said that if he had it to do over again he’d leave the clouds out altogether. I can understand that. I thought his clouds were pretty darn convincing, but like John, I’ve concluded that for photographic purposes at least, and even for a regular backdrop, you’re generally better off without 'em… Opinions differ on this.
Matthew (OV)
