BN Twin Cities Div.

Railroad based around the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/ St. Paul, MN. Lots of industrial switching, transfers and raod freights.
Division runs from LaCrosse, WI to Fargo, ND. (both staging)
Northtown yard is 50' long and has 10 body tracks, 3 A/D tracks and a main with Ford plant at 38' long having 6 yard tracks. Fargo/ LaCrosse staging is 30' long made up of 15 tracks.
Op sessions 3rd Sunday of month 2-6 PM

Layout Owner

Terry Harrison

Location

Hendersonville, NC

Scale

HO

Layout Size

50 ft x 28 ft

Mainline Size

200 ft

Era

June 27, 1977

Crew Complement

5 - 13

Completion

Track: 99%
Scenery: 5%
Electrical: 80%

Control System

NCE

Communications System

Wayside phones

Dispatching Method

signals by DS but no block control

Car Forwarding

hand written switchlists

Pets

Yes - cat upstairs & does not come down