On Saturday, April 9, 2022, several HARM members joined together to dismantle and remove the layout of Ken Meyer. Ken passed away almost two years ago, and his family decided it was time to move on. With reciprocating saws, drills, hammers, and various other tools in hand, the group began to break apart the layout into smaller chunks and dispose of them in a dumpster. Weeks before this, all of the structures, locomotives, and rolling stock was removed from the layout for safe keeping and possibly selling at a later date. We did carefully remove a couple of small sections of the layout for the family to keep. Ken’s layout was not complete, but depicted the Pennsylvania Railroad in and around Baltimore City, MD. The layout consisted of three levels with staging loops at each level to simulate movements to Washington D.C. and other points west. Ken was a fine builder with very detailed structures and track. You can see the complete story of the layout with pictures in the Fallen Flags section under the Layouts tab (http://www.harm-web.org/prr-in-baltimore). Ken was also active in the Pennsylvania Railroad Historical Society.
