Gerald Futej

Gerald–Futej – As the grandson of anthracite coal miners, I began model railroading in HO scale about 1954. Encouraged by construction articles in Model Railroader and restrained by a lack of discretionary disposable income, I gradually honed my scratch building skills. As a licensed professional engineer, I spent the last 30 years of my career as a consulting engineer, specializing in material handling systems for manufacturing facilities, and industrial accident investigations nationwide. Since 2005, I have researched, authored, and self published, six soft-cover monograph books documenting the history and development of various aspects of Cass, WV; its logging and lumber industry, its railroad, its locomotives, and its residents.