Southern Pacific Railroad Coast Route

Southern Pacific Railroad Coast Route
HO Scale - 1952
Owner: Steve McCarthy
Layout Location : LA area
Size: 15’x25’
Basic Design: Around the Wall Triple Helix with Peninsula on each level, Clockwise=East to West
Theme:Mainline Class One Railroad
Locale:Coastal California-Oxnard to Guadelupe, with branch line to Saticoy and Santa Paula
Operation Era: July/August 1952
Scenic Era: Mid 50s-mostly, Steam and Diesel
Mainline Run: 120’
Minimum Radius:24”
MINIMUM TURNOUT: #4 yards, #6 Main
Benchwork: Combination table top, shelving, & Hollow core doors
Height: 36”-72”
Roadbed: Cork
Track: Code 100 Atlas Flex Track
Scenery: Ceiling Tile, Plaster of Paris/Newspaper, Ground Foam, & Decorative Sand
Backdrop: Masonite
Control: Digitrax DCC, 3 throttles
Operations: TT/TO as per 1952 Southern Pacific Coast & Los Angeles Division Employee Timetables, car card forwarding, trains run sequentially, no fast clock, Combination mainline runs, work locals, & yard switching,
Maximum train length-15 car+caboose, 2 GPs, Fs, PAs or one steam engine for through trains, 1 road switcher for locals Trains Run: 98/99 (Morning Daylights), 71/72 (Sad Sack), CME/CMW (Zippers), 2 westbound freights, 2 eastbound freights, Guadelupe Local, Oxnard Local, Santa Paula Local, Smokey, 1 West Bound ATSF (due to earthquake damage in the Tehachipis)
Motive & Rolling Stock: 90% Athearn Blue box, 4 P2K locos, 2 Atlas locos, 1 Kato loco, 1 Walther’s loco, 2 IHC locos, KD#5/58 couplers, KD/lifelike metal wheelsets