and a 20 × 50 foot layout room with nine foot ceilings–perfect! It was very tempting to fill all that space up with track, but reason prevailed and I set- tled on a relatively small layout, using only a third of the space I had avail- able. I wanted to be able to complete this layout so I could enjoy operations and I wanted something small enough that I wouldn’t be consumed maintain- ing it. Finally, I like to scratchbuild, which is time consuming, and this, too, argued for keeping the size modest. I’ve been at it for about 14 years now. The layout is fully operational and the scenery is about 90 percent complete.
Concept and operation
The LLR&N Company is a freelance effort rendered in Sn3. It represents a circa 1938, narrow gauge shortline lo- cated in the Pacific Northwest. The company also operates a tug boat and car ferry service at the port in Rock Harbor and has a sizeable logging op- eration further inland. The trackplan is a classic folded dog bone design. During an open house, trains operate continuously around the layout.
During operating sessions,
trains run point-to-point: Blackhawk (staging) to Rock Harbor to Camp 8 to Beaver Creek to Cascade and return. The section of mainline between Cas-
cade and Rock Harbor is closed down. Locomotives can be turned in Black- hawk and Cascade., and the passing
tracks will accommodate a five car train. The schedule and operating scheme are still under development, but it ap-
Heisler No. 2 pulls a northbound freight through the town of Beaver Creek on its way to Cas- cade (above). A caboose hop rolls past Kalin Coal through the gauntlet track in Rock Harbor (below). The gauntlet track combines narrow and standard gauge track over a shared right- of-way. The author has found that a short section of standard gauge track along with a stan- dard gauge car is useful to explain the gauge/scale relationship to uninitiated visitors.
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