Welcome to my Deerfield River Valley Railroad website., I'm Jim Fuller from Monson Mass. Do you
enjoy Model Railroading.? Like to build and operate.? Were looking for new members to join us on
Tuesday evenings to become a part of our group.

Our group has a lot of fun and looks forward to getting together each week to re-assemble this once
very large full basement size layout into a much smaller compact and more manageable size.

Whether your an old timer or just getting into the hobby your welcome to join us because you don't
have to be an expert, none of us were when we first started.!   

If you would like to join us then by all means let me know by clicking onto the contact us feature
above and leave your name and contact information or give me a call 413-267- 4881 and we will put
you to workin on the Railroad.  Thanks for taking a look.!      Jim      
                
                    

                      
Model Railroading is truly the greatest hobby in the world









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This Feb 2006 photo shows the East Portal of Hoosac Tunnel in the Berkshires of Western Mass at the point of
where the B&M RR leaves the Deerfield river and plunges into the 4 3/4 mile long bore through  the Hoosac
mountain range beginning in the town of Florida Mass on its way to North Adams Mass and further on to
Mechanicville NY.  When I was a kid back in the 1950's this was double tracked and a lot less truck traffic and as
many as 30 trains a day  passed through it.  Now your lucky to see even one.!!
Two Geeps rumble out of the East Portal of Hoosac Tunnel with a 38 car
extra in route to East Deerfield Yard on my HO Scale Deerfield River
Valley Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad.  The Hoosac Route.
            Deerfield River          
        
Valley Railroad
                      Boston & Maine In HO Scale
                        East  Deerfield Yard to North Adams                                 
                              
Featuring the famous Hoosac Tunnel
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Layout Statistics

264 feet of track

53 turnout Switches

77 toggle switches to
control the Turnouts
and signals

31 buildings

87 lights

11 track signals

5 power packs

85 locomotives

293 rail cars

2800+ feet of wire

2400+ trees
All of this in a room just
22' x 14' in size being I
Had to shrink it down
from a 24' X 44' size
full basement layout.
Who says they don't have 114 car trains through the Hoosac Tunnel anymore.!
I counted every one as it went by in Charlemont on its way to East Deerfield Yard.
Check out page
#2 by clicking
onto the link
above
Its the 1970's and 4 Bluebirds with 74 cars are coming out into the daylight at
the East Portal of Hoosac Tunnel on the way to East Deerfield Yard.
Ed
Dean
Jim
This layout is DC operation only - old fashioned and simple
Members ARS
Tonight 1-2-10 Dean put into place the last of the drains and manholes and started
weathering the street area in the downtown scene.
Ed had the night off and I worked on weathering the scrap yard scene.
 

Did you all enjoy the Big E Train Show.? I think it was the best one
yet..! Gets bigger and better every year..!! All the planners members
and volunteers deserve a big Thank You for all their efforts...!
This weekend Marcy did all her normal upkeep on the layout along with cleaning all
the rolling stock but also went after a lot of removal of small speck items that
collected on the layout from all the overhead construction that went on over the
last several months. Marcy your eyesight is a lot better then mine and your doing a
fantastic job...!!  
Lately because Jamie is so good with home type repairs we've been having
her working in our kitchen and bath repainting all the cabinets and redoing
all the woodwork, I don't think there is anything this young lady cant do and
always willing to help out with anything..!
  Visits from
Hoosac Valley RR
Mohawk Valley RR
Maine Central RR
Yes I often operate Guilford STR equipment but you will not see Pan Am on this layout..!
                                                 Hoosac Junction
This area has been under a lot of construction lately with finish scenery, lighting and a lot
of finish detail work. All of this area is fully operational but the very last thing to add is the
block signaling and crossing signals.
The double track main on the left is the beginning of the Conn River Line heading North
and the single main track coming in from the right is the end of the loop that comes in
from Hoosac Tunnel from the West.
Yes this Tunnel is nearly five miles long and located in the Western Mass Berkshire
Mountains and the towns of Florida and North Adams. It was once the longest
tunnel in the world and even today is still ranked one of the most famous.