{"id":1381,"date":"2015-08-22T15:32:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-22T19:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2017-06-18T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T16:07:35","slug":"layout-spotlight-great-lakes-hon30-modular-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/layout-spotlight-great-lakes-hon30-modular-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Layout Spotlight \u2013 Great Lakes HOn30 Modular Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Each year the\u00a0Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad holds\u00a0Railfan Weekend. This year I was able to attend and be part of the SE Michigan Free-mo layout display. The\u00a0Railfan Weekend\u00a0includes train shop tours, historical rail interpretations, tuneful train whistle blows throughout the weekend,
\nand a special photo run. One layout which i found very well done and full of detail was the Great Lakes HOn30 Modular Group layout. The layout presented featured lots of eastern scenes both prototypical and fictional based on the main 2 footers. The group has done a wonderful job of modeling and putting on a first rate display.<\/p>\n

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Each year the\u00a0Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad holds\u00a0Railfan Weekend. This year I was able to attend and be part of the SE Michigan Free-mo layout…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,3],"tags":[35,46],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-layout-spotlight","category-modules","tag-august-2015","tag-featured","wpcat-28-id","wpcat-3-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3485.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4e6yk-mh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1229,"url":"https:\/\/smallmr.com\/wordpress\/layout-spotlight-will-county-model-railroad-association-wcmrra\/","url_meta":{"origin":1381,"position":0},"title":"Layout Spotlight – Will County Model Railroad Association (WCMRRA)","author":"Marshall Stull","date":"June 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"On a recent trip to Chicago for business, I managed to get time to visit the Will County Model Railroad Association (WCMRRA). 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