You are Correct, Feburary of 1961. It is a two page article. The mans name is Bill Frank. He lost his sight 15 years earlier due to an industrial accident.
Roy J Meissner ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael & Linda Marmer To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:27 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} eyes, legs, knees etc. Believe it or not, but I have a Model Railroader magazine, from about 1961, as I believe some of you have mention you got a CD of all the issues on it, where there is a article with pictures of a man who is completely blind and has this huge HO layout. I have not been able to dig this magazine out yet, due to my knee replacement, but for those who have this CD search the year 1961. I believe it was that year, maybe February. Mike From: Jim and Cheryl Martin Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 2:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} eyes, legs, knees etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Bob Werre <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 10:34:33 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} eyes, legs, knees etc. we're trying to find a way to fasten our tripods to our motorised wheelchairs--you know the ones advertised constantly on TV! I recently had a conversation with Michigan HO scale modeller Doug Tagsold who has designed his new, lower layout to be operated from wheeled office chairs...an idea his operating group likes. If aging modellers adopt this idea, there is no reason why mobility scooters could not be used as well, providing the layout was at ground floor level. Ideal for California basements. We joked with each other that as long as we were using scooters, why not equip them with Tsunami decoders and travel along to the sound of our favourite prime movers. This all means we probably need to speed up our layout building or find some young kids to help in stringing wires under the layout, replacing switch machines and adjusting the track in the far corners of the layout. Speed up or stop altogether, tear it down, and build something friendlier to work on. A radical idea for some but a liberating one as well. Build your new, around-the-walls layout on narrow, removable shelves and do your trackwork, wiring and scenery at a more comfortable height and location. I have chronic neck pain and my bifocals work the wrong way for looking up at wiring. My layout is being built in 4 to 6 foot sections that I can slide off the L-girders and set up on saw horses. It's been years since I had to crawl under a layout to wire anything. Food for thought. Cheers Jim Martin
