Santa Fe - Raton Pass

This layout represents the Santa Fe starting at Albuquerque, New Mexico and going over Raton Pass to Trinidad, Colorado. This location allows for a helper district over the pass running at prototype speed and time schedule. The time period is 1949, during the steam to diesel transition.

Albuquerque requires a yardmaster and switching crew for the industries, Raton and Trinidad have yardmasters that does their own industry switching. 12 trains are scheduled (6 in each direction) along with 7 way freights that originate by the three yardmasters.

The ATSF consists of 550 Ft of mainline with three passing sidings and several industry sidings. At Los Cerrellos a branch line goes to Madrid, NM with coal mines and industries and at Hebron the branch line goes to Koehler for a connection to the Zia Mining RR.

Layout Owner

John Denny

Location

Pueblo West, CO

Scale

HO

Layout Size

60 ft x 30 ft

Mainline Size

550 ft

Era

1950

Crew Complement

12 - 16

Completion

Track: 100%
Scenery: 95%
Electrical: 100%

Control System

Digitrax - Simplex only

Wi-Fi Throttles

Yes

Communications System

Wayside phones

Dispatching Method

Timetable and Train Order

Car Forwarding

Car Cards/Waybills

Fast Clock

5:1

Pets

None