Great Northern Railway, Cascade Division

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 second 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.

New/Beginner Operators Welcome!

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

Prototype and Theming

Attempts to evoke a specific era or time

Operations Rigor

Purposeful operations

Tone and Atmosphere

Casual

Dispatching Method

Timetable and Train Order

Car Forwarding

Car Cards/Waybills

Fast Clock

2:1

Layout Location

Basement - down stairs

ADA Compliant

No

Pets

Yes - One grey cat.