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November 12th, 2011

Welcome to Union Pacific’s Elmwood Subdivision, an n-scale model railroad.

This layout is a freelance layout. That means the towns, locations, industries, etc… are not necessarily based on the real world.  The overall layout size and track plan is was originally based on the Wisconsin Central layout, featured in the October 2005 Model Railroader, but I moved staging to the outside benchwork rather than the middle.

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Layout Breakdown

Rail Served Industries:

  • Superior Paper Mill
  • Interstate Fuel and Oil
  • Dayton Machine Co.
  • Consolidated Diary

Freight Services:

  • Intermodal
  • Coal
  • Mixed Manifest
  • BNSF has trackage rights.

Passenger Services:

  • Amtrak’s California Zephyr

All information is subject to change as I develop the location, industries, towns, etc…

Track Plan:

Layout Information:

Name: UP’s Elmwood Subdivision
Time Period: Present
Layout Size: 11′x11′
Scale: N (1:160)
Layout Type: Walk-in with peninsula
Track: Micro Engineering C55 (wood ties)
Turnouts: Mainline Siding: Atlas C55 #10
Industrial: Atlas C55 #7
Roadbed: Cork
Minimum Radius: Mainline: 15″
Maximum Grade: 2%
Backdrop: Masonite
Control Systems: Digitrax DCC for trains
Digitrax BDL168 for block occupancy detection
CML DAC10 for DCC Turnout control on mainline
CML SIGM20 for Signal Logic Control
Tam Valley Octopus II for stage yard turnouts
Signals: Searchlight style signals made by Custom Signal Systems
Main Line Length: xx – xxx Scale Miles
Layout Height: 45″
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