Union Santa Fe & Southern

The railroad is a point to point fictional railroad running from Chicago to Portland. The USF&S is owned by the UP,SF, and SP and operates out of Omaha. The 3 railroads feed cars to the USF&S for delivery to Lincoln to the east and Julesburg and Sidney to the west. There are four to five locals out of Omaha Yard to service these cities. There are also 10 eastbound road trains out of Chicago and 10 westbound trains out of Portland. There are 7 locals out of Portland and 2 out of Chicago. Also during a session there are 2 passenger trains to run 1 east and 1 west out of Denver and back. The layout operates with Digitrax and uses a Car-Card and switch list system. The layout out is dispatcher controlled. All operators wear headsets. There are 9 operators. Three yard masters and 6 road crews. During a 4 hour session up to 30 trains can run.

Layout Owner

Mike Bruss

Location

Toledo, OH

Scale

HO

Layout Size

30 ft x 24 ft

Mainline Size

325 ft

Era

Mid 60s to Late 70s

Crew Complement

7 - 9

Completion

Track: 100%
Scenery: 100%
Electrical: 100%

Control System

Digitrax

Communications System

Headsets

Dispatching Method

Verbal/Mother-May-I

Car Forwarding

Car Cards/Waybills

Pets

None