The Seashore Trolley Museum recently broke ground on a new building to house the Harold and Helen Beal HO-scale layout of the Maine Central Railroad, circa 1940s to 1960s.

Seashore Trolley Museum receives multi-million dollar donation to relocate and house model railroad layout.

“Don has probably been around the longest in the layout-building business,” said Jim Kelly, editor of Model Railroader magazine. “In fact, for a while, he probably had the business to himself.

At the open house, guests can discuss the model railroad hobby and local railroading history with the many club members present and get ideas for layout construction, tips, guidance and suggestions.

Unfortunately, the days of building new features for his layout are over, he said. Swartz and his wife are downsizing, and the model railroad will have to go.