Mike uses the Digitrax DCC controls and can operate up to four trains at a time. He has one main yard and another off the layout. Slide 1 - Slide 2 . Dan's HO railroad models the Santa Fe during the late 50's and early 60's, representing New Mexico, Arizona and part of Colorado in a 35' X 15' room. The layout is walk around cab control and can be operated by one person with up to 7 for a full operating session.
Layout construction is basic L girder with both open grid work and table top in the yards.
The track is code 83 for all of the visible track. The hidden return and staging is code 100. Click here For a full layout description. This LGB layout is called the South Wurtemberg Railway, a fictional shortline in the Black Forest of Germany in the summer of 1936. Engines and rolling stock are from several private roads and other European countries.