Overview of the Piermont Division of the Western Maryland
Howard ZaneDescription
This is Howard Zane’s HO scale model railroad layout, a masterpiece that features the 1955 Western Maryland railroad. His Piermont Division is considered a great artistic achievement in the modeling community. The colors, textures, scenery, and structures were all artfully and methodically placed and with incredible detail.
Zane has a background in sculpting, designing and painting, which has helped him in his modeling. He is also a partner of the Great Scale Train Show. To him, the Piermont Division of the Western Maryland has meant hours of modeling fun and the ability to create a window into a period of history in which Zane wishes he could be. He told Allen Keller that it is his dream to be in the 19050’s on a porch, playing the banjo, and watching the trains go by on the Western Maryland.
The Piermont Division is a 27×27-foot basement layout with a spline roadbed and an open grid benchwork. The track plan calls for trains to move through some scenes more than once, but with the use of different tracks.
This is Howard Zane's HO scale vision of the 1955 Western Maryland. His Piermont Division is one of the hobbies landmark artistic achievements. Careful attention to color, texture, and the placement of scenery and structures, makes this railroad a visual feast. Detail upon detail takes this layout into the realm of art. Howard has built the layout using his background as a sculptor, designer, and painter. As a partner in the Great Scale Train Show, model railroading is more than a hobby to Howard. His life revolves around the Piermont Division and the many friends he has made. Welcome, I'm Allen Keller. This is Howard Zane. Howard, What does the Piermont Division mean to you? Allen, it's hours of endless modeling fun. It's also a window into a time where I want to be. I want to be on the porch of that house, playing the banjo in 1955, watching these choo-choos run around. The HO scale Piermont Division of the Western Maryland takes up a 27 foot by 27 foot basement. All road bed is spline and the bench work is open grip. The track plan calls for trains to move through some scenes more than once even though different tracks are used.
Great video thank you