All structures are hand built, most from kits with some kitbashing and a few scratch built. The double bridge over the river is an unusual feature. The industries in Chama Junction are mostly located along the front of the layout on both sides of the river; basic infrastructure like dairy, oilwell supply, fuel, feed & seed and a freight depot. The junction house serves the passenger traffic, and you can see that an open top tour bus awaits incoming passengers. Just across the river is a section house for MOW crew, and some of their rolling stock is near the junction house.
Toward the rear of the layout you see a coal mine beneath the mountain, an additional small freight depot, the newspaper and post office, an engine yard with shops, a sand tower and maintenance facilities, a general store, law office and residential area. Like all layouts, this one isn’t finished. There is always more scenery work to be done, rolling stock and locomotives to letter and weather, and lots of small details.
Several of my locomotives are "deadrail", meaning that they carry their own battery power supply, and are controlled by radio throttles.
Scale / Gauge
On30
Size of Layout
20x14
Prototype
Freelance, influenced by D&RGW
Location Modeled
Northern New Mexico
Era
steam, early 1940s
Style of Track Plan
Oval
Length of Main Line
54'
Layout Height
55"
Benchwork
Wood frame deck
Roadbed Material
Cork
Track Manufacturer
Micro Engineering
Turnouts
Micro Engineering
Minimum Main Line Radius
24"
Maximum Grade
4 %
Scenery Techniques
plaster cloth over 2" foam. Cardboard lattice and plaster cloth/sculptamold mountain. Polymer river water. Cast and carved rocks.
