Tony Thompson wrote this obituary;
Larry was an active model railroader his entire life, and was continuing to work on his home layout. He was an outstanding modeler in O scale, with particular interest in trolley cars. He was a skillful scratchbuilder and had completed a number of ambitious projects, some of which won national contest recognition.
Larry's home
layout was set to model the Pittsburgh area, allowing him to include a
number of railroads: Western Maryland, Baltimore & Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh & West Virginia, and Pittsburgh & Lake
Erie (P&LE). Larry was especially active in the P&LE Historical
Society and had edited its magazine, "The Little Giant," for a number of
years. He was also active in the National Model Railroad Association at
both the local and national level. He often presented talks on both
modeling and prototype railroad topics at local and national meetings,
including the Prototype Railroad Modelers (RPM) meets around the
country. He was co-chair of the recent series of RPM-East meetings, held
in alternate years in the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia areas.
Larry was always generous in sharing information and modeling
approaches with others, and wrote numerous articles for hobby
publications. He also contributed regularly to several on-line
discussion groups. There is no question he will be missed by many.
I will remember Larry as that soft spoken guy who always had a smile. Doesn't get better than that.
RIP Larry.
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