Like many S Scalers, I had a simple 4x8’ American Flyer layout as a kid. My love for trains, specifically, the New Haven RR, came from twice a week trips to New Haven’s Union Station. One of my sisters attended Oak Hill School for the blind in Hartford, Ct. The school had arraigned  for students transportation to Hartford on Sundays and returning on Fridays, in the first passenger car, most of the time in the Osgood Bradley cars. We parked on the end of the station where there were always a few engines on the end tracks waiting for assignments, they stood so tall! I would spend summers counting freight cars with my friends as they rolled past Indian Well state park in Shelton on their way to Maybrook, NY. I also watched the RDC 1’s and later FL9’s running on the Waterbury branch line. When my second daughter was born, I dragged out my trains with hope of having a layout for my daughters. After attending a train show in Fairfield and spending time with the Connecticut S Gaugers, my goals took a new direction. I decided I wanted to convert to scale. I am presently modeling mostly New Haven transition era 40’s-60’s. 

This ALCO Pacific I-4 was built from an American Models Pacific. The front dome was removed then replaced and repositioned with a dome from an American Flyer engine. Built and painted by Steve Kutash.

Steve's EMD FL9 Diesel Electric was built from two American Models EMD FP7’s by extending the back end and using a custom modification of an American Models PA frame. The front is a two axle Blomberg truck and the rear is a 3 axle SD60 truck which is the closest we have in S Scale. Front and rear 3rd rail shoes were added to the trucks. Built, modified and painted by Steve Kutash.