 |
|
Our layout is powered by Digitrax systems.
The layout is a HO scale model railroad. It is located in it's own room and the layout is 32 feet by 17 feet. A public viewing hall on one side borders the room and is glass enclosed from the public. The layout is a double dog bone. It was designed with two factors in mind, It was designed with no duck under, and that it would be DCC controlled.
The layout is powered by its own dedicated 30-amp power supply with lighting and power surge protection. It is wired for DCC with two separate buss wires of #4 bare copper ground wires.
Digitrax manufactures the DCC system and the layout uses a DB 100 and a DB 150 as a booster . There are 14 UP 3's space around the layout plus the the layout is also fully radio and infrared compatible using 300R hand throttles and Digitrax UR 91's radio receivers. All wiring is heavy duty commercial and relays, which were used, are Potter Brumfield bottle relays with 12-volt control voltage.
The layout will have a full size double ended yard, full engine facilities with a working 130 foot turntable, round house and backshop, store house and power house. There is about 1500 feet of code 100 nickel silver track.
In the future the club has plans to be able to dispatch trains from the Telegraphers office through the use of the club computer.
A hand-drawn layout of our track by Paul M. The turntable is in the upper right with the layout's mountain in the upper left corner. The coal-mine is in the lower left with the Snow Shed along the bend near the coal mine. The entire track is accessibe directly without having to duck-under any track sections. There are numerous ports for engineers to plug controls into making the layout convenient to operate. Several sections of track are below the main deck of the layout.
Layout diagram key:
Pink dashed lines = Streets, roads, or hi-ways
Layout