CN-CP-VIA-GO Freelance

REGION: Casselman

DESCRIP-
TION
The layout with 1 1/2
levels, represents the Canadian Class 1
railroads in the form of a double track
mainline dog bone with staging yards at
both ends in the reverse loops which
allow continuous running. There are 175
switches which are all automated and
operated by throttle control. Includes 10
representative towns. The towns are from
East to West: Halifax, Coteau), Sarnia,
Prescott, Ottawa, Arnprior, Toronto,
Barrie, North Bay and Vancouver. Where
scenery is completed, the layout has
signals on the mainlines and are run using
ABS on JMRI.
SCALEHO
SIZEMainline 350 feet with a helix
OPER-
ATIONS
YES: Operating sessions use SHIP
It Software to generate switch lists and
set schedules.
LOCALECanada
FEATURESRuns both freight and passenger trains. Throttle controlled switches. Era 1970's to the present.

self-guided tour of model train layouts