Great Northern Railway, Cascade Division

Layout Description

GN Main line from Tacoma (staging) throuth Seattle to Spokane(staging). Point to point, including Milwaukee Road, UP, and NP. Steam, diesel, and electric operations through the Cascade Mountains. 4 main yards, class yard, coach yard. Op sessions last (4th Or 5th) Saturday each month, 1 pm to 5 PM with 1/2 hour break mid session. Triple-decked, Digitrax with SIMPLEX radio. (UT-4R's). Programming throttles not allowed.

Layout Details

Layout Owner

Joe Berger

Location

Warsaw, IN

Scale

HO

Layout Size

34 ft x 52 ft

Era

1956

Crew Complement

14 - 27

Completion

Track: 95%
Scenery: 20%
Electrical: 95%

Control System

Digitrax - Simplex only

Communications System

Wayside phones

Dispatching Method

Timetable and Train Order

Car Forwarding

Car Cards/Waybills

Fast Clock

2:1

Health and Safety

Pets

Yes - One Siberian Husky, one grey cat.