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Railroad Details Owner Scale HO Status Active Control Forwarding Communication Dispatching The CMStP&P recreates Milwaukee Road operations on the double track mainline between La Crosse and the  Twin Cities in the early Fall of 1950. Hiawatha passenger trains, time freights and way freights dominate the main line. Major switching operations involve Wabasha Yard, Lake City, Red Wing Yard, CGW Yard and Winona Yard…. Read more »

Railroad Details Owner Scale HO Status Active Control Forwarding Communication Dispatching This mid-1970s freelance railroad is set in western Montana and central Idaho. Trains climbing the heavy mountain grades require helper service as the MNRR hauls it’s principle commodities, grain, potash and timber products. Connections with the CN, CP, Rio Grande, SP WP and the Milwaukee Road generate large amounts… Read more »

Railroad Details Owner Scale HO Status Active Control Forwarding Communication Dispatching Welcome to the Michigan Central Railroad. The MC was formed in 1846 to provide rail between Detroit and St. Joseph Michigan. In 1867 it became a part of the New York Central System, yet it still operated under the MC name. By the 1950’s it was fully merged into… Read more »

Railroad Details Owner Scale HO Status Active Control Forwarding Communication Dispatching This free lance Railroad  is Based in Peoria,ILL in 1968. The P.W. is Double Deck with 325-ft of Main Line, the lower level is located in Peoria, top level runs from  Peoria Heights to  Savanna,ILL. Features of the Layout include a Large Industrial Area { Flats }, Car  Shop… Read more »

Railroad Details Owner Scale HO Status Active Control Forwarding Communication Dispatching The railroad is set in the mid 1970′s and features one of the Milwaukee’s busiest routes, the Milwaukee Road River Division from La Crosse, WI. to St. Paul, MN. Like on it’s namesake, operation includes manifest freights, numerous way freights, patrols, (local switching jobs), and 4 Amtrak passenger trains. The… Read more »

Railroad Details Owner Scale HO Status Active Control Forwarding Communication Dispatching Midwest Rail represents a fictional 50 mile stretch of trackage obtained from various class 1’s during the merger periods of BN/ATSF and MIL/SOO/CP.  It’s now classified as an industrial or secondary main.  2 small classification yards sort cars coming from major yards from the east and west; Weber Yard… Read more »

Railroad Details Owner Scale HO Status Active Control Forwarding Communication Dispatching Set in mid-1960, the Lake Erie and Southern (LE&S) is a freelance Granger road operating in down-state Illinois. The modeled LE&S Illinois division includes the 1st district between South Anderson Yard to Alton and St.Louis. (550 ft.) also the 3rd district between South Anderson thru Peoria to Spring Grove… Read more »

Railroad Details Owner Scale HO Status Active Control Forwarding Communication Dispatching Located near Onalaska, WI., the GN Mesabi Division is proto-freelancing the iron ore traffic on the GN, with ore traffic from the DM&IR and NP as well. General freight traffic occurs at several points between Bemidji and Duluth / Superior.  Jobs on the layout consist of dispatcher, yardmaster, and… Read more »