Santa Fe in Southern California

Rick's Santa Fe makes slight adjustment in Southern California geography and history, with a never-built secondary main line between Los Angeles and Bakersfield via Oxnard. The railroad handles a great deal of fruit traffic, and features extensive (and sometimes challenging) switching operations as well as main line freight and passenger trains. Central Traffic Control, using a combination of target and semaphore signals, is run from a central dispatch panel. Operating positions include dispatcher, Casitas yard operator, dedicated operators for connecting short lines, local switchers at major towns, and various main line trains. Most trains have specific purposes (such as mail train, fruit express, livestock, etc.) and most will do some en-route switching.

While the railroad is fictionalized, there are many features intended to evoke the Santa Fe, including company-plan structures, resin-kit freight cars, and steam and Diesel locomo\tives.

The layout has been featured in Model Railroader and others. Rick served on the board of the Operations Special Interest Group from 2015 to 2019.

PLEASE NOTE: RICK IS BEING TREATED FOR LYMPHOMA AND IS IMMUNE COMPROMISED. SO THIS SESSION WILL ACCOMODATE FEWER OPERATORS AND BE MORE RELAXED. ALL VISITORS MUST BE FULLY VACCINATED FOR COVID AND VACCINATION CARDS MAY BE CHECKED. ANYONE WITH SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS IS ASKED NOT TO COME. MASKS MAY BE REQUIRED.

   cincy-div7.org/Stern.JPG

   Layout description 2015a.pdf

   Layout plan.pdf

Richard Stern

Cincinnati, OH

HO

1600 square feet

1950's

5 - 10

Track: 100%
Scenery: 98%
Electrical: 100%

Digitrax

Wayside phones

CTC

Car Cards/Waybills

Yes - Very shy, long haired cat, rarely comes to the basement and probably won't be seen during the session.

Vaccine required