Prototype Railroads:
  • Major: GN, NP and SP&S
  • Minor: MILW, UP, CN, PGE
  • Others of interest
    Freelance Railroads:
  • Coastal Overland.
  • SoundRail.
  • Logan Valley.
    Areas:
  • Pacific Northwest
  • Other areas of interest.
    Timeframe:
  • Transition Steam to Diesel
    Equipment:
  • Power: 0-6-0 to BigBoys, SW1500's to GP/SD40's
  • Revenue:TOFC, Piggyback, DoubleStack, +normal cars
  • Passenger: Heavyweight and Streamliners
    Construction:
  • RoW base: Foam over Plywood
  • Track: Flex and hand laid; code 100, 83 and 70
  • Switches:hand laid; #4 up;
    Radius:
  • Mains 36in
  • Branch no less than 28in
  • House 30in
  • Industry 15in
    Grades:
  • Mains: Less than 2.2%
  • House/Industry: Less that 3%
    Scenery:
  • Foam, Hardshell