Brian Helms'
Dallas & Western

This layout is a proto-freelanced representation of a Reading Company subsidiary operating out of Dallas, Pennsylvania in the upstate anthracite region. This a fairly accurate representation of the 45 mile bridge line segment running from Wilkes-Barre west to the Reading interchange with the New York Central at Newberry Junction.

All track work is complete and detailed scenery is 25% complete, but 10,000 trees have yet to be planted.

The time period modeled is the mid 1950's. Sound-equipped Mallets, Northerns, and Baldwin diesels pull and push freight over Back Mountain. Shays are used on the branch line. The main line is 420 feet long.