Links: www.ronaldhalma.nl my homepage
www.metusajuction.blogspot.nl my blog about the 1:55n3 ACW layout
I'm Ronald from the Netherlands, 49 years old and very fanatic in building exhibition layouts. As said, I build 5 till now which all depicted on switching.
I always build American style exhibition layouts, so this one will not be a exeption in that. Reason for building this is that a have collected a pretty big collection of SP and UP locomotives and cars. I bought them from 1999 till now, so a good 14 years.
I do a lot of exhibitions per year with my layouts and all of the are pure switching layouts. The big disadvantage is that you cannot run trains in circles, so when talking to visitors it always need attention to not let anything go wrong. Running is circles has a bigger advantage that it always has trains running on your layout. So this time I decided to build a pure running layout with lots of trains on it.
Idea; it has to fit in my MPV car. So I decided on approx. 125 cm by 33cm modules, 4 of them. They will fit nicely in the back of the car. My staging yard is 4,40 meters long and in 4 parts. It can be stored under the 4 modules.
What it will behold? This is the idea, 4-loco long consist in 4- and 6-axle locomotives:
4-axle, 4 units; GP60, GP40, GP35, Dash 8-40B:
6-axle; AC4400, SD45, SD45, AC4400:
My staging yard:
Theme; I was really impressed by the UP Cascade layout of Mike Lestico: http://www.macrodyn.com/ldsig/wiki/index.php?title=Cascade_Subdivision_-_N_-_Mark_Lestico
It shows the SP line from Eugene to Klamath Falls in the Northern part of the USA.
That is what I want! My plan will be slightly adapted to my needs and wishes. I will take the part between Chemult ands Summit (see his trackplan). I will add a helper spur here to simulate the helper service on this part of the line. Originally it was located elsewhere but for exhibition needs it puts a lot of extra action to it.
More to follow!
Grtz, Ronald.
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