Martin Collard

Photos from the Layout of CNYNMRA member

Martin Collard

Layout Information: The exceptional HOn3 scale Bordino and Southern Railroad is based on a proposed but never built extension of the Marcellus & Otisco Lake Railroad. The railroad’s main purpose to haul crushed limestone, and it has two port facilities. The setting is rural Central New York in the late 1940s. Motive power is steam with a scratch built railbus. Most rolling stock is scratch built. Structures are kit-bashed DPM and Fine Scale Miniatures. Scenery is a mix of scenery materials and natural materials. Control is currently MRC power pack but DCC may be in the future. Martin has won awards for his diorama at Syracuse area shows and a skewed bridge at the NER Cromwell Convention in 2001. Completion: Benchwork-99%, Trackwork-75%; Scenery-25%

Pike Name: Borodino & Southern RR

Description: HOn3/HO The Borodino & Southern RR operates in central New York. It is a fictious railroad based on a proposed extension of the Marcellus & Otisco Lake RR. The M&OL ran from Martisco off the Auburn branch of the NYC south through the village of Marcellus to Otisco Lake. They had proposed an extension south from Otisco Lake to the hamlet of Borodino and beyond. It would eventually connect with the Midland railroad near Homer NY.

The year is 1948 and the B&S is hauling crushed line stone from the quarry near Borodino Landing and transfering the goods to the M&OL. The stone is then transported to the NYC at Martisco where is it then taken to the Solvay Process Co. where it is turned into artificial soda ash. There are many other products transported out of our area by rail. Produce & wood products just to mention a couple.

Facts: I use spline road bed with homeasote and flex track. The layout takes up a 12' 8" X 19' 6" area at the table height of 46" to 54". It carries about a 1.5% grade with 24" min. radius. There is a continous loop, but operates as a point to point. I started the layout in 1997. This is my first serious attempt at a layout. I built a 14" x 70" diorama first as a test bed for some of my ideas. I enjoy taking it to local train shows.

Other Info: The Borodino & Southern RR is one of three railroads of the Syracuse Workshop whose member's include Martin Collard, Gary Frost and Tom Staton. Our moto is " Model railroaders with a desire to view the past in a way to bring memories of yesterday to tomorrow" We believe model railroading is the glue to a binding friendship. A special thanks to our friends of the Hartford Workshop.

The morning train is about to pull out of the Borodino Landing station. Those guys on the dock just never seem to get their stories straight. The Lebelle combine was built some years ago by Hartford Workshop member Al Kalbfleisch. The station and water tower were scratch built and sport individual roof shingles. Models and photo by Martin Collard

Watson is waiting for the scratch built caboose combine to stop at the dock at the Borodino Landing station. The gentlemen on the dock prove the BS Line is not only the name of the railroad. The station and water tower are scratch built and have individual roof shingles. Models and photo by Martin Collard

The evening Borodino & Southern passenger train is taking the hard working quarry workers home to their families. Ed is on his way home too from making his milk run to Syracuse. The combine was built by Al Kalbfleisch of the Hartford Workshop. The truck is scratch built and photo taken by Martin Collard

At the Borodino Landing dock the crew is in having breakfast at Betti Sue's restaurant. Fishing on Skaneateles Lake is good at this time of day. Seward's Scows was scratch built form Earl Smallshaw's plans of his Perkin's Produce. The siding is individual boards and the roof shingles are card stock cut with pinking shears. The water from the pipe on the dock is made from a thin piece of plastic bag. Martin Collard built and photographed the scene.

Borodino & Southern # 71 rolls north over Horner Hollow. The beaver have been busy as you can see with the freshly felled tree in the water. This beautiful bridge was built by the late Don Clerke of Windsor CT. from plans drawn by Jack Work. I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase this bridge from Don's good friend Dave Bascom. The Hollow is named after Harold Horner of the Hartford Workshop. photo by Martin

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