George W Accomplishments

George W has been a member of the club since June of 2013. His biography can be found in the July 2018 newsletter.

How did you get started in model railroading?

My mother gave me my first train set (lionel). Each christmas I would get another piece.

What part of the hobby do you enjoy the most?

All parts until something goes wrong.

What is your favorite scale?

HO Scale

What Eras and Equipment do you want to model?

All

What road name do you want to collect?

KATY

George once owned the depot in Greenville TX. He is now building a model of the depot from scratch. He has made drawings of the windows with a cad program and is building them from styrene. Rob D's Blog has documented some of the steps shown here.

This is the depot prior to roof damage.

George obtained a letter describing the design, construction and roof change to the depot.

Newsletter August 2018

THE Station— – George W brought the latest version of his model of the Greenville TX MKT depot, which he actually owned some years ago, so he knows a lot about it, and has original architectural drawings of it. That’s George himself on the left, while most of George F is on the right. (Rob D photo)

Newsletter Jun 2018

It’s gonna be big — George W takes a break from painting and trimming the supports of the platform ceiling for his model of the GreenvilleMK&T station. He claims to be anewcomer to modeling, but the quality and care he has lavished on his depot certainly exceeds a beginner level. He has accurately scaled his model, which shows why most buildings cannot be modeled to full scale without squeezingout everything else. The Katy depot is not a large building in real life, but the scale dimensions are bigger than both of the major depots on the club layout.(Rob Dove photo)

Newsletter July 2014

A little brute force – George W applies a hammer and chisel to salvage some track from the layout of the late former club member Dick Schroth at the Schroth household in Celeste. George was one of five club members who dismantled the layout at the request of Dick’s widow.