Charlie's N Scale Layout8 September 2003 |
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| Mark, Eric
and I drove over to meet with Charlie, Andrew and John for a run session
at Charlie's. All had a very good time. I brought along my throttle and
Andrew brought a couple so we had 5 throttles running at one time, this is
a new "record" for Charlie. We tested Charlie's theory about how the
layout will run. IT worked just fine with 5 operators.
I can see this layout supporting 6 or 8 operators. Two shuffling trains out from under the layout and up into the east and west bound helixes. Two to Four operators running the trains out of the helixes and across the layout. One dispatcher, and a couple of operators in the yards. Click on an image to see a larger view of the image. |
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1) #151 Coast Mail at Alegria Canyon. |
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2) #95 Lark at East Surf siding. |
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3) #371 Coast Merchandise West near Surf. |
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4) Westbound freight on Gaviota siding. |
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5) Charlie, Eric, and John, with the west helix in the foreground, Devon siding in the middle of the picture, and Ellwood in back. |
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6) Andrew with Devon ,and the west Helix in the foreground. Surf is on the left, and Alegria is on the right. |
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7) Eastbound freight crossing Gaviota beach at the start of the descent. |
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8) #151 Coast Mail west of Gaviota. |
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9) West bound freight near Alegria canyon. |
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10) A train passes through the Twilight Zone. This is where the ease and west ends of the layout come together. |
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11) West staging,with Guadalupe at right background. |
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12) Same view as picture 11 at a slightly different angle. |
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