The Layout / Gallery

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 The Concept of the club is Western prototype railroading in HO scale (1/87 actual size) from the 1940s through the present day. 

 Layout Room Size is 62 feet long by 18 feet wide with a 10 foot tall ceiling. An additional 32 feet by 4 feet extension runs into the meeting room area and is used for setting up trains and turning trains around through the dual reverse loops. 

 The Layout incorporates both standard gauge and narrow gauge track. 

 Standard gauge (4’- 8.5” between the rails) is the type used by BNSF, UP, NS, CSX and most other large railroads today. The majority of track is standard gauge with 1751 actual feet of track. This is 28.9 scale miles of track. 

Narrow gauge (3’ between the rails) is typical of smaller late 19th century and early 20th century railroads such as the Durango & Silverton and the Cumbres & Toltec tourist railroads. This narrow gauge portion of the layout is located in the northwest corner of the layout room. There is 167 actual feet of narrow gauge track (2.8 scale miles).

Several areas where the standard and narrow gauge track meet feature dual gauge track. This type of track can handle both gauges of the scale trains. It is recognized by the third rail just offset to one side within the standard gauge track. There are 46 feet of this type of track (0.8 scale miles).

 Total track is 1964 feet (32.4 scale miles)

 Minimum siding length is 16 feet (about 20 cars) 

Minimum radius is:

-Mainline is 34 inches

-Branchline is 30 inches

-Street track in Turnbow is a minimum of 8”

-Narrow Gauge is 24 inches

 Maximum grade is 4% in the southwest corner where dual gauge track climbs to a logging camp. Maximum grade on the mainline is 2.5% from the town of Apache to summit near the west wall. 

 The lowest point of the railroad is 34” above the floor at the secondary bypass from Turnbow to Mogollon on the old trolly line. 

 The highest point is Summit at 57” above the floor. It is located in the southwest corner. 

The track plan allows for continues loops while we are open as an exhibit for the state fair but works as a linear operations providing goods from to and from towns along the system to other locations.