Guru for nearly 50 years of model railroad track plans, many depicting condensed forms of real railroad scenes in minature, July 28, 2004.

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I knew John and his late wife Ellen quite well in the 70's and 80's. She was active in the Scottish community in the Washington area.

John was also the Washington Editor of Railway Age magazine for many years. I had not seen him since his wife died about ten years ago.

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