Bob Mata lived to 101 years old. Below are some photos of the hobby he loved. He worked at Bethlehem Steel, and scratch built the Blast Furnace on his layout. Check out the other local replicate buildings from the Buffalo area. Click on the photo gallery to enlarge the slide show, see any comments and a video of the table itself.

I have recently come across photo albums which Bob had taken of the progress of his layout from 1994 to 1998. They are on their own page. Click on the photo gallery, as I had found that he wrote notes on the back of the photos on quite a few.