The G & T is a hypothetical L & N branch line in North Georgia. Uses two levels with some staging below. Point to point operation (reverse loop to reverse loop for open house). The grade change between levels is mostly exposed (with a passing track) on a peninsula. The railroad serves carpet factories, a paper mill, a marble yard and chicken feed dealers along with typical industries. Operations feature a great deal of interchange traffic with other L & N lines and Southern Rwy. Scenic terrain and trees are mostly complete, most track is ballasted, most cars are weathered, most locomotives have sound, much work yet to do on structures. Features fall foliage. Turnouts are mostly Tortoise powered with controls (with LEDs) on the fascia. Yard control panels are in place at three smaller yards and there is a large panel for the Coosawattee Yard towerman (also staging yard controls). Several turnouts have dual control. On the Pilgrimage for the first time since 2018.
Scale / Gauge
N
Size of Layout
Around the walls in two basement rooms 16'x20' and 12'x22'
Prototype
Hypothetical L & N branch line running from Dalton, GA, to Gainesville, GA, with some Southern Rwy trackage rights.
Location Modeled
Runs East-West across north Georgia "Ridge and Valley" country connecting three L & N North-South lines to the Gainesville Midland
Era
Set in fall of 1979 (more or less) during the colorful Family Lines era.
Painted hardboard with some styrene sheet for tight bends
Control System
DCC - Digitrax
Car Forwarding System
Switch List
Train Authority / Dispatching
Other
Operating Group
Chattahoochee Express
Direction Comment
Beige brick two-story house on north side of Stone Mill Trail midway between stop signs at Lost Forest and Mark Trail. Pls park on north side of street.
Wheelchair Accessible
ADA Comments
Not wheelchair accessible. One step to enter porch and then threshold to enter house, 14 steps down stairs to basement. Note layout height (42' to 63").
