Seattle Layout Information
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Seattle Layouts (498k)
Bill Busacca
Sn3 Rio Grande Southern (Middle 1/3)
Open Hours:
8th Monday – 1000 to 1600 hours
9th Tuesday – 1000 to 1600 hours
Sn3 Layout of the Middle 1/3 of the Rio Grande Southern , with the town of Dolores and the keystone. The town is complete with all scenery and backdrop, and the complete scene at Stoner is finished. By late summer, the bench work and track should be completed from Dolores to the siding at Muldoon. Eventually the layout will include the yard at Rico and continue through the Gallagher trestles. The locomotives are DCC equipped.
Brian Ellerby
Copper River & Yukon: Sn3
Open Hours:
8th Monday – 1300 to 1700 hours
9th Tuesday – 1300 to 1700 hours
14th Sunday – 1100 to 1600 hours
The Sn3 Copper River & Yukon is based on a fictional Alaska copper mining railroad during WWII.
The present CR&Y is my fourth attempt at modeling an Sn3 layout in the same space. The new layout fills most of a 1500 sq. ft. basement with a mainline run of over feet; over twice the length of the previous CR&Y. All of the towns from the previous layout have been reused but all are now in different locations in the basement. Track is all hand-spiked code 70 rail and Lenz DCC is used for locomotive control. Track and basic scenery forms are complete and finished scenes include NighHawk and other finished areas from the previous layout plus new scenery.
The main focus of the new CR&Y is heavy ore trains with one or two helpers on long grades through rugged Alaskan scenery. The track climbs at 3.8% from 47” at Port Valdez on the coast to 74” at the summit. Along the climb, a future 8-foot long model of the White Pass steel cantilever bridge will have floor to ceiling scenery. The track then descends in a mirror at the end of the lake to give the appearance of a 36’ long lake. Most of the switching operation is in NightHawk and other mining towns at the north end of the railroad.
John Hartline
West Side Lumber – Sn3
Open Hours:
8th Monday – 1100 to 1700 hours
9th Tuesday – 1100 to 1700 hours
14th Sunday – 1100 to 1700 hours
West Side Lumber Company circa 1956.
Double-decked Sn3 track plan in 1700 square feet with minimum 48” aisles. Minimum radius is 30”. Layout begins at the Tuolumne Mill site and features sidings at Baker, Dry Tank, River Bridge, Camp 8, Deadwood, Camp 24, Crumbine, Reynolds, Niagara, Fleming and Camp 45. The layout has approx 1,000 feet of mainline track. Transition between decks is accomplished in a 30” radius single-track helix and takes 3.5 revolutions on a 2% grade.
Lenz DCC LH90 throttles (9) and Tsunami light logging decoders in 7 three-truck shays, 1 two-truck shay and 1 standard gauge Heisler. 120 Swayne style 34” skeleton log cars (1/2 with loads) set out in 12-car trains. Various box, tank, wood block and other misc. cars are added to the trains as needed. There are 5 “jobs” per 24-hour day from the mill to Camp 24 and 5 “jobs” per day from Camp 45 to Camp 24 where the trains are exchanged (loads for empties and empties for loads) and returned to origination. Bench work and track are completed. Scenery is in various stages of completion from completed scenes to open bench work. Mill scene features some dual gauge track and turnouts for interchange with the Sierra Railroad.
Enter right side of layout building at end of driveway behind residence.
Ken Larson
West Side Lumber Company – On3
Open Hours:
8th Monday – 1300 to 1700 hours
9th Tuesday – 1300 to 1700 hours
14th Sunday – 1100 to 1700 hours
15th Monday – 1300 to 1600 hours
The layout is constructed in an L-shaped garage/office structure, with the outside legs 36 feet in length, and the inside legs 20 feet in length.
The model of the West Side Lumber Company begins at the mill site in Tuolumne. All prototype narrow gauge track and structures are included in this portion of the layout, albeit in a greatly compressed form. From the mill site the railroad makes a 36-foot run to River Bridge. The scenery in this section is complete and consists of a series of cuts and fills to represent the Tuolumne River Gorge and includes models of the distinctive California Black Oak and Manzanita. A model of the 326-foot bridge across the North Fork of the Tuolumne River is also complete.
The Deadwood section of the layout was recently rebuilt to provide a more prototypical layout that includes two sidings and a wye. From Deadwood, the railroad continues to Camp 24 which consists of a single siding and a balloon track. The track continues into the woods at the Crumbine wye. From Crumbine the main line passes through Reynolds Creek Camp, crosses a deep fill and arrives at Fleming.
The main line then descends a 3% grade to Camp 45. The scenery for the section of the layout between Crumbine and Camp 45 is complete and consists of an old-growth forest of Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine, and Incense Cedar. The primary feature at Camp 45 is the loading scene to represent the reload from truck to rail using a steam hoist. All scenery and models are complete for the Camp 45 scene.
Locomotives and Rolling Stock – The 1950 West Side Lumber Company locomotive roster is represented by PSC engines equipped with Tsunami sound decoders. The equipment roster consists of 40 skeleton log cars and 7 caboose models. Non-revenue cars include diesel, bunker oil and gasoline tank cars; as well as camp supply reefers, wood block cars, assorted flat cars and moving cars.
Dale Kreutzer
The Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company Second District: Sn3
Open Hours:
8th Monday – 1000 to 1500 hours
9th Tuesday – 1000 to 1500 hours
The RGS Second District depicts the southern half of the RGS between West Durango and Dolores, Colorado in the 1920’s. Why this area and era? The freight traffic was diverse; cattle, crops, lumber, coal and ore. Branch lines included logging, coal and gold mines. The scenery, high passes, and spectacular mountains sealed the deal.
The layout is in a finished room 42 feet long and 12 to 16 feet wide with all hard-shell, and track complete. Dolores, Mancos, and Hesperus are the major towns along the 191 foot, hand laid Code 55, mainline track with branches to Haycamp Mesa and May Day. All spurs and branches are Code 40. The town of Hesperus is complete and 75 feet of the layout’s 105 foot photo backdrop is in place.
The railroad is controlled using an NCE wireless DCC system and all locomotives are Soundtraxx Tsunami equipped. Operations are an important and fun part of the RGS Second District and visitors are encouraged to run trains.
Russ Segner
Freelance Logging and Mining Operation: Sn3
Open Hours:
8th Monday – 1300 to 1700 hours
9th Tuesday – 1300 to 1700 hours
14th Sunday – 1100 to 1600 hours
My railroad is a freelanced logging and mining branch line set in western Washington in the 1930’s. It is an imaginary branch of the DRGW, which interchanges with the DRGW system at China Creek. It is 3 foot narrow gauge with operation focusing on switching at mills and mines.
The track plan is a point to point around the perimeter of the room, which is 19’ by 16’. Minimum radius is 28 inches except for one switchback to a mine area. Control is walk around with Lenz DCC and Tsunami sound. Maximum grades are 4.25%.
Track work, except for a staging yard, is complete and includes two wyes and a new turntable. Scenery is well along with all ground cover completed. Several structures are started with one large structure nearing completion.
Operation includes a PBL Heisler, new PBL Shays #5 and #6, C-18 #319 and C-17 # 302 with Tsunamis.
Paul Scoles
Pelican Bay Railway & Navigation Company: Sn3
Open Hours:
8th Monday – 1300 to 1700 hours
9th Tuesday – 1300 to 1700 hours
14th Sunday – 1100 to 1700 hours
The PBR&N occupies nearly all of my 22’ x 46’ basement, and features a 250’ point tot point mainline, several yards, and finished scenery. The setting is coastal Northern California in 1895, with the railroad serving as the primary transportation system for the region.
The layout has been featured in the Gazette many times over the past 10-12 years, as well as in RMC, Sn3 Modeler, and other publications. Control is by NCE wireless DCC, and all locos are equipped with Tsunami sound decodes. Visitors are invited to operate the trains as much as they wish. Photography is also permitted.
Dave Woodrell
Rio Grande Southern: Sn3
Open Hours:
8th Monday – 1300 to 1700 hours
9th Tuesday – 1300 to 1700 hours
14th Sunday – 1100 to 1700 hours
Set in the late 1930’s/ early 1940’s timeframe, the railroad depicts the RGS route from Ridgeway, CO to Rico, CO, serving Placerville, Ophir and Lizard Head. The layout is approximately 95% complete, with a newly added continuous running connection and the recently completed Pro Patria Mill in Rico. Operational control is, provided by Lenz DCC and motive power consists of a large stable of PBL and modified PMF locomotives.
Greg Wright
3/8n20 Consolidated Republic Mining Company RR
Open Hours:
8th Monday – 1100 to 1700 hours
9th Tuesday – 1100 to 1700 hours
14th Sunday – 1100 to 1700 hours
Modeled after the Gilpin Gold Tram, the layout fills a 15’ x 22’ room and overflow into other spaces in3/8n20. (1:32 scale with a 20 inch track gauge). This fully scenic pike has appeared in the NG & SL Gazette. Locomotives are sound equipped and powered by Digitrax. Layout room is wheelchair accessible all though tracks are 41” to 60” up from the floor in 1/3 of a three car garage.
Enter layout through side door in garage.