Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Point to point designed for operations. 15 towns, 5 yards and engine facilities, and 80 staging tracks. Supports lots of switching. Published in 2007 Scale Rails. I model the EJ&E main line from South Chicago to Waukegan. The Railway has 5 yards, 4 on the EJ&E & 1 on The BN. We interchange with all railroads coming into the Chicago area. Some interchanges are done via a interchange yard, others are done via one of the EJ&E yards. There are around 100 staging tracks. During a normal operating session I can use 1 Trainmaster, 2 Dispatchers, 7 yard operators, and 10 + main line operators.

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   The J in Michigan - Published in Scale Rails 2007.pdf

Layout Owner

John DePauw

Location

Lake Orion, MI

Scale

HO

Layout Size

60 ft x 38 ft

Mainline Size

500 ft

Era

1973

Crew Complement

10 - 16

Completion

Track: 100%
Scenery: 90%
Electrical: 100%

Control System

NCE - Radio

Communications System

Family radio system

Dispatching Method

CTC

Car Forwarding

Car Cards/Waybills

Pets

None