Timber River Railway

The TRR is an ore hauling railroad located in Northwestern Wisconsin and the Arrowhead of Minnesota. Red ore (Hematite) is hauled to the yards at Alllouez (Superior), sorted and moved to the ore dock and loaded into ore boats. Taconite pellets and unit trains of coal are hauled to the car unloader at the Port of Duluth for shipment to various Great Lakes locations. MR January 2019, MR November 1992, MR Video Plus.
Prototype operating 3 color signal system
Automatic car mover and unloader for pellet cars and unit train coal cars at Duluth..

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Layout Owner

John Tews

Location

Sussex, WI

Scale

HO

Layout Size

32 ft x 34 ft

Mainline Size

290 ft

Era

late 1970's

Crew Complement

6 - 12

Completion

Track: 100%
Scenery: 99%
Electrical: 100%

Control System

NCE

Communications System

Wayside phones

Dispatching Method

CTC

Car Forwarding

Custom switchlists

Fast Clock

4:1

Pets

Yes - Bichon Frise