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Layout Description

The Union and Pacific was originally developed to transport lead ore from Union and Pacific, Missouri to St.Louis. Eventually the name was shortened and the railroad grew into a Y-shaped bridge line with a western terminal in Kansas City. The line splits in Vincennes going south to Evansville and Nashville, TN and north to Ft. Wayne, IN. The modern era, HO scale, freelanced layout depicts the line from Marion, IN to Vincennes, IN. Union Pacific operates the line with NS and CSX trackage rights. Mostly single-track servicing mining, petrochemicals, agricultural type customers. Long manifests, intermodal and unit trains are common with three locals operating from Westfield Yard to Kokomo, Indy and Vincennes. The BNSF Peoria sub-division with CSX interchange near Indy has been added with UP trackage rights serving a stub end yard in East Peoria. UP and BNSF each run E/W manifest trains each session.