I received a sad email today notifying me of the passing of long time O scale modeler Lee Stabb.

I couple of years ago I had the pleasure of visiting Lee at his home to purchase a model from him. He was a great host and gave me a tour of his layout which filled the second story over the very large garage. We never did find the models I had come over to purchase, but I did purchase a different locomotive from him that day.

Here are some views of his layout. Including a few of the Reading N-1’s that were built from the IHB 0-8-0. I saw at least four on the layout that day.

It was always nice to talk with Lee at the trains shows, I will miss him.

Sadly, I received an email today announcing the passing of Larry Kline this morning.

I only met Larry a few times at the RPM Meets.  I had seen his name often on the prototype modelers boards and in print many times with modeling articles about the P&LE, WM and the PRR. He was always willing to share knowledge and information.

Larry modeled the Pittsburg area on his home layout which had been featured in a number of articles. He was also the co-chair of the recent series of RPM-East meetings, held in alternate years in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas.