Hard Lake & Faylure

A decision was made quite some time ago to continue development on the HLF, mostly because the linear shelf sized layout fit into the space that is available. A larger more traditional “4 x 8” simply wasn’t possible – there is one wall just a bit longer than the layout. There isn’t even enough room…

The Hard Lake & Faylure (Reporting mark: HLF) was originally conceived by Russel J. Begg as a logging railroad somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. The HO scale layout was started in the early 1970’s and is a linear switching layout with steep grades. Russel was an avid Railfan and model railroader. For several years he…