Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio

Allen McClelland encouraged modelers to look at their layouts not as stand-alone entities, but as links in the North American rail system — looking beyond the basement. Take a look at Allen's HO scale Virginian & Ohio layout, one of the best-known layouts of all time. This inspirational layout pioneered many concepts that later became standards in layout design.

Allen became well-known not just for his V&O's realistic scenery, setting, and theme, but for showing us how to:

• Use walkaround command control to take advantage of linear track plans
• Choose a railroad name and theme that reflect prototype regions and railroads
• Adopt operating procedures based on prototype practices

Find inspiration in how the Virginian & Ohio was conceived and developed, and get ideas for applying the same concepts to your own layout!

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