Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio

"Allen McClelland's HO scale Virginian & Ohio was one of model railroading's milestone layouts. It's one of the best-known layouts of all time. It pioneered many concepts that later became standards in layout design, including walkaround operation, use of command control, staging yards, being a free-lanced railroad that was based on actual locations following prototype practices, and being built to support prototypical train operations. The book will showcase his 1960s version of the layout and the 2009 version of the layout with chapters that discuss the many lessons demonstrated and inspired by the model railroad"--