i might have to switch to HO to pickup all those Alco's he had. that was a nice layout and all, but his retarders didn't work - that skeletor looking dude, the one's with the "feud" who lived near Allen, he had working retarders... that was some cool stuff back in the day - who does working hump yards these days - most operations based layouts have more staging tracks than mainline...
this is the second version of the V&O - i believe he moved back in the 90's and tore out the original.
-steve