Walter’s little empire is a mushroom style layout set in the mid 1950s. Trains enter on a double track main line at the New York state line, just West of Sayre. Modeled stations along the way include Athens, Towanda and Tunkhannock, with the main line entering staging after crossing the Lackawanna River east of Coxton Yard.  Both Coxton and Sayre Yards are modeled.  On the lower level is a branch line running through Swoyersville, Forty-Fort, Luzerne and terminating at Kingston, PA.  A junction at Luzerne begins the Bowmans Creek Branch, featuring the Trout Run Trestle at Trucksville, Shavertown and terminating at Dallas, Pennsylvania, Walter’s home town.

Sayre Yard

A crane and modified flatcar sit on a track near the locomotive shop, one of four structures designed and engineered by Walter’s great-grandfather, D. C. Collins

The powerhouse at Sayre Yard, another structure by Walter’s great-grandfather

A view towards the famous footbridge and station at Sayre

Crossing the Susquehanna River at Towanda, PA

Vosberg Tunnel

Tunkhannock, PA

East of Tunkhannock, a farmer fertilizes his field.

Far from the main line, the Harry E. Colliery in Swoyersville, PA