Here is the story of John Allen's spectacular HO scale Gorre & Daphetid (pronounced "Gory and Defeated") Railroad, a wonderful miniature world complete with towering mountain ranges, awesome chasms spanned by awesome bridges, great smoky cities, and a thousand smaller details. The G.D. Line was a model railroad the likes of which had never been seen before. John Allen was one of the premier model railroaders of all time, a man who devoted the last 20 years of his life almost exclusively to the hobby. In approaching model railroading as more than just a pastime, he elevated it to the status of an art. This book, published almost a decade after Allen's death, is a record and celebration of his life's work. This first hardbound edition of the best book ever published on America's most influential model railroad includes many photographs of John Allen's romantic Western scenery and trains. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. Used Book in Good Condition