Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (layout constructed by Mayberry Modelers)
An HO scale layout depicting the A&Y exists in the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History. The design and construction of this layout was the work of the Mayberry Model Railroaders headed by Dr. Ben Lawrence and Hal Powell, although I understand the work of maintaining the exhibit has been passed on to others. I had the good fortune to visit with the Mayberry Modelers in January of 1999 and to see the exhibit. This layout is designed for educational purposes and so the track plan is simple with all the towns along the A&Y represented by a liberal dose of selective compression. Still, I was impressed by their ability to capture the essence of the A&Y by focusing upon the key features: the Granite Quarry, Pilot Mountain, Greensboro, the Deep River bridge, and Sanford. The entire exhibit is really worthwhile!
Here is a diagram of the layout contained within the exhibit. Click on it for larger image.
Kevin von der Lippe Layout
My fellow A&Y historian, co-author, and modeler, Kevin von der Lippe, has been working on a layout down near Greensboro, NC. See his modeling on this page. Kevin is also an officer of the Greensboro Chapter of the NRHS, so he has been a source of photos and artifacts that have helped fuel the content of this web site. I hope to add more photos of his layout soon.
