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Nickel Plate 2nd Subdivision - Indiana Northern |
| General Information |
Operate
the Indiana Northern railroad and run the Nickel Plate trackage
from Delphos, OH, to Marion, IN. Dispatching utilizes track
warrants and features switch lists to control car movements.
This
is a multi-level layout running transition-era motive power.
Crews stay very busy performing switching and interchange
movements.
It is 1956 - the last days of steam and the first days of total
dieselization on the 2nd subdivision of the NKP. We run
Digitrax
tethered and radio throttles and we use Rail-Op car forwarding.
We are in the process of developing a timetable.
We currently use Track Warrants and this seems to
work well.
The pace of the layout is slow. We have
two passenger
trains east and west and two mixed trains east and west. A
normal
op session is from 3 to 4 hours, or it can be longer. Scenery
is
over 50% completed (it will never be done), but my goal is to make it
look complete.
We have staging at Toledo, OH, and Frankfort, IN. We start at
Toledo; run through Delphos, Venedocia, Ohio City, Peterson, Bluffton,
Van Buren, Marion; and end at Frankfort. We interchange with
the
NYC, ACY, and my road, the Indiana Northern.
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| Access: |
Downstairs |
| Division or
Location: |
Nickel
Plate Railroad, 2nd Subdivision |
| Description: |
Secondary
main line, local and through freights, passenger and mixed freight |
| Scale: |
HO |
| Size of Railroad: |
42
feet long x 18 inches wide, double deck, with staging peninsula;
~250 cars |
| Era: |
1956 |
| Completion: |
Track:
100%; Scenery: 50%; Electrical: 80% |
| Control System: |
Digitrax
DCC, tethered and radio throttles |
| Operation Details |
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| Number
of Crew: |
Minimum:
1; Maximum: 8 |
| Length
of Session: |
3+
hours, with break, flexible end time; soft drinks and snack
(meat balls, chicken wings, cheese plate, crackers, cookies,
etc) |
| Scale Clock Speed: |
1
to 1; when it is used, otherwise no clock |
| Traffic Control: |
Dispatcher,
TimeTable/Train Order (TT/TO), Rail-Op;
Dominoes around the wall |
| Are Radios
Required: |
No |
| Listed Jobs: |
Engineer,
Conductor, Yardmaster, Dispatcher
(2-person crews, mainline freight / passenger, local switching) |
| Web Site: |
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Layout
photos (click to enlarge)
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