The Cedar River Valley layout is a 21.5 foot long S Scale shelf style switching layout built in my Sunroom. It is inspired by many small towns in the Midwest. The layout features a three track yard and a small ice platform and can be extended using a number of Free-mo style modules.
The track is owned by the Cedar River valley railroad but is served by the Chicago and North Western, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Milwaukee Road, Rock Island and Great Northern.
Operations
The layout when fully assembled will employ 4 operators:
- La Crosse Yardmaster. Operator will build trains, switch the team tracks, freight house and Max Beml scrap. This yard is based on the Chicago & North Western yard in downtown La Crosse, WI as it was in 1968.
- Weber Yardmaster. Operator will manage the Zone 2 yard and make transfer runs to the La Crosse Yard.
- Zone 2 Switcher. This operator will be responsible from moving freight from Weber Yard to various industry spots following CLIC maps.
- Zone 3 Switcher. The Zone 3 Switcher will switch all Zone 3 industries featuring of this will be G. Heileman Brewing. Zone 3 also has 2 interchange tracks and will make transfer runs to La Crosse Yard.
