MRRF member Brent Strong (speent) asked me to come over during a mini-operations session and take some photos to show his progress over the past year. First off a little about the layout;
Theme: BN around the time of the merger with Santa Fe
Locale: Pacific Northwest
Models the line across the Cascades to points east and south along the I-5 corridor. Two staging yards represent "Cascade" to the west, and "Field" to the east. Moving east from Cascade....
Port Allen - Ocean going Port with intermodal and autorack deramp, large grain facility and warehouses.
Allen Yard - Main flat switched yard for the layout.
East Allen - Industrial complex and interchange with UP
Bobbo Jct. - Industrial town east of mountains including refinery, cascade hardwoods and heavy equipment dealer.
Evan Gap - Power plant that recieves unit coal trains. Pacific Fruit Express loading site.
Rayne - Large grain facility; empties in - loads out west to the Port.
Jacobson Branch - Coal line to a loop flood loader for unit coal trains to Evan Gap.
Only thing with this layout is there is still a labor agreement that requires cabooses on all trains.
We have had several operation sessions with an average crew of 5 to handle all of the assigned jobs. Brent uses a card forwarding system for all cars on the layout. His layout is DCC with the Prodigy system.
Brent is getting set to get working on scenery - this layout if well on its way to becoming a classic railroad model - Keep up the great work Brent!
#1 The railroad super Brent Strong overlooking Allen Yard
#2 Ted Curphy working Port Allen
#3 Brent studying his next switch move at East Allen
#4 Overlook at T. Vincent Warehouse at Port Allen and the mock up of the grain terminal
Theme: BN around the time of the merger with Santa Fe
Locale: Pacific Northwest
Models the line across the Cascades to points east and south along the I-5 corridor. Two staging yards represent "Cascade" to the west, and "Field" to the east. Moving east from Cascade....
Port Allen - Ocean going Port with intermodal and autorack deramp, large grain facility and warehouses.
Allen Yard - Main flat switched yard for the layout.
East Allen - Industrial complex and interchange with UP
Bobbo Jct. - Industrial town east of mountains including refinery, cascade hardwoods and heavy equipment dealer.
Evan Gap - Power plant that recieves unit coal trains. Pacific Fruit Express loading site.
Rayne - Large grain facility; empties in - loads out west to the Port.
Jacobson Branch - Coal line to a loop flood loader for unit coal trains to Evan Gap.
Only thing with this layout is there is still a labor agreement that requires cabooses on all trains.
We have had several operation sessions with an average crew of 5 to handle all of the assigned jobs. Brent uses a card forwarding system for all cars on the layout. His layout is DCC with the Prodigy system.
Brent is getting set to get working on scenery - this layout if well on its way to becoming a classic railroad model - Keep up the great work Brent!
#1 The railroad super Brent Strong overlooking Allen Yard
#2 Ted Curphy working Port Allen
#3 Brent studying his next switch move at East Allen
#4 Overlook at T. Vincent Warehouse at Port Allen and the mock up of the grain terminal
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