Burlington Route

Hank Kraichely
• Represents the “K”-Line running from St. Louis to Hannibal Missouri
• Single track double deck layout with passing sidings.
• Main line Industries include, two cements plants, quarry, a power plant, paper plant and an armaments plant.
• Branch interchanges with the GM&O and Wabash Railroads
• The main line is 425 feet and the branch line is 75 feet
• There are 2 staging yards; 10 track St. Louis/Kansas City and 8 track North of Hannibal serving as Burlington, IA, St. Joe, MO., Galesburg and Chicago
• Maps allow crews pinpoint their location
• 10 Operators: Hannibal Yardmaster, Old Monroe Yardmaster, Portland Cement, Portland Quarry and International Paper crew, 3 locals, a coal train serving Union Electric and Portland Cement and 4 road crews (+Dispatcher)

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Layout Owner

Hank Kraichely

Location

Ballwin, MO

Scale

HO

Mainline Size

425 ft

Era

Early 1960s

Crew Complement

10 - 10

Completion

Track: 100%
Scenery: 50%
Electrical: 100%

Control System

Digitrax

Communications System

Family radio system

Dispatching Method

Track warrants

Car Forwarding

Car Cards/Waybills

Pets

None