This site is about model and prototype railroading, and features information about my layout building and operating activities, and other layouts. The era modelled is 1960s to 1990s on all the layouts mentioned below.

The C&SFT is a fictional Switching railroad located between the IHB and EJ&E mainlines near the Illinois / Indiana state line.

The Chatham Industrial RR is a fictional C&O industrial branch located in Chatham, Ontaria, Canada. It hosts C&O / Chessie and Canadian Pacific traffic.

Illinook is a 3-2-2 Inglenook style track module 4 x 1.5 feet in size, representing a hot mix asphalt plant, with trackage connecting to the C&SFT.

Case Industrial is a HO scale layout in a 2x1 feet suitcase.

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Remote Turnout Test Successful

The new (main) control panel and remote controlling of turnouts received a decent test today during an op session I had. The electrical switches and turnouts performed beautifully.

Posted by stanford on Sun, 08/29/2010 - 19:21

Wiring progress

The non-DCC wiring of the CSFT has been progressing well.

Posted by stanford on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 20:25

More power to you!

Following my recent decision to try and get some regular multiple operator op sessions happening on the CSFT, I decided to try and re-wire some of the turnouts on the thoroughfare track so that they could be operated remotely via a central control panel.

Posted by stanford on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 18:01

Operating, again

After more than 2 years without the CSFT having regular multiple operator op sessions, it looks like it is once again going to start happening!

An invitation was sent out via the newsletter of the model railway group I am a member of, and there has been some positive feedback. The plan is to have one multiple operator op session a month, on a Tuesday evening.

Posted by stanford on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 21:14

Track Planning

Over the last few weeks I have been doing some track planning. Here are some of the results.

With both these plans, Illinook is the right hand side 4 feet of the plans.

Posted by stanford on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 21:21

Stawell Exhibition Videos

As mentioned in my previous post, I recently attended the Stawell Model Railway Exhibition. Here are some videos I uploaded to YouTube of the exhibition...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfdxqkJp8PU - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkOuyTIGfiE - Part 2

Enjoy!

Posted by stanford on Sat, 07/24/2010 - 21:35

23 hours driving for 5 hours of watching trains

Sounds about right to me!

After a pretty 'ornary start to my work week, I decided I had had enough of making money and not being able to spend at least some of on things I enjoy, so my dear wife organised a place for us to stay in Stawell, where one of the best model railway exhibitions in rural Australia takes place on the second weekend of July every year.

Posted by stanford on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 18:01

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