Mosslanda: Definitely Defiance…

Four years ago a red high hood GP9 led me down a rabbit hole that resulted in a layout design, inspired by the Johns Manville plant in Defiance, Ohio…Last weekend a sense that I was recreating the stock in N scale without realising went from casual observation to deliberate re-acquaintance. The space vacated by Night Shift offers up a footprint of 55x10cm which just about allows the twin tracks of the prototype.The prototype serves the Johns Manville plant, a manufacturer of fibreglass based insulation, in this facility specifically pipework insulation. Two sidings terminate a short spur from the yard in Defiance, itself a short link away from the CSX interchange, although the ND&W itself continues over a flat crossing. These Google Earth images show the site and its obvious attraction as a shelf layout. Street running and constrained by relatively modern structures and interesting industrial equipment and pipework.Johns Manville plant, Defiance OH. Google Earth 2026.I like my…