Owner: Chuck Catania
Layout location: Gilroy
This 13' x 21' layout models the Southern Pacific Coast Division from Watsonville to San Jose in the 1940-1953 era.
The mainline is three loops, around-the-room on two levels with a helix, maximum grade is 2%. Bench work is open frame construction with 1/2" plywood sub-roadbed, Atlas Code 83 track on cork roadbed. Tortoise switch machines operate the Walthers DCC friendly turnouts.
Fascia mounted panels provide walk around train and route management using C/MRI hardware and custom software.
Digitrax with radio throttles, are used for locomotive control only. An electrically interlocked swing gate provides access to the center of the layout.
Dave Biondi painted the backdrop which depicts the west foothills along the SP mainline from Coyote to Morgan Hill
Track is 75% complete, scenery is 5% complete.
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