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Handsome CNR Mogul number 88 glides past the back of Ken's Garage on Jim Martin's Dover Branch layout. The engine, an E-10 class 2-6-0, is heading north from Lake Erie enroute to Hamilton, Ontario in the fall of 1953. That looks like a B&O hopper just behind the tender. Jim's beautiful autumn scenery is evident in this scene which includes wonderful details every where you look. Behind the shed on the right there are tools leaning against the wall and discarded lumber in a barrel. On the near side of the tracks the two derelict trucks are exquisite models in their own right. Notice the once-yellow wrecker is missing the driver's side door and the interior details are visible. The period-correct billboard in the background, advertising travel by Greyhound bus, is the perfect addition to the scene. In fact, it may be that bus travel has cut into the passenger business of the CNR's Dover Branch.

This photo is featured in the NASG's inside-the-cover ad of the October 2026 Railroad Model Craftsman magazine.

Jim dismantled this layout in late 2025. This was relatively easy to do since he had built it in a modular fashion. A couple of fellow Canadian's took over ownership of these modules and his models, to be integrated into their own home layouts. However, beautiful photos such as these are a great way to preserve the memory of the layout, and to continue to inspire other modelers.

Jim has not stopped modeling, though. He recently announced that he is building a shadow-box-style switching layout in S.

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