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Southport Station on the author's Eie Lackawanna's Chemung Sub Division home layout. While the Erie Lackawanna was a prototype, the autor used "creative thinking" for the Chemung Sub Division based on the area that he grew up in.

…All too many times, as I’ve seen over the years, situations change due to job changes, upgrades in homes, and the all time bone-chilling comment from the wife, “Honey, now that the kids are grown and gone, we don’t need this big house anymore!” So as one of these situations brings about the change, the saws, hammers and crowbars appear, and no matter how hard we try to salvage the layout in hopes of reusing at least some of it, it all seems to come down in a matter of hours! “EASY GO!”

Along with this phenomenon comes a great deal of sadness, but also another glimpse of excitement and joy, as new dreams begin to appear in our heads of the next greater layout!…