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The "Island Valley Railroad" Description...

Updated: July 1, 2011

Description:
  • My "Island Valley Railroad" is a freelance 19' x 24' hi-rail O-scale model railroad set in the modern era. Diesel engines, from the 50's through the present, provide the motive power. Road names were selected based on my preference to certain railroads and to what was pleasing to me at the time of order/purchase. Rolling stock is also varied for the same reasons. A scale Erie Pacific (4-6-2) steam engine is used to pull streamlined passenger cars, to simulate a rail excursion. Also displayed are pictures of model railroad layouts I have visited, railfan pictures, and links to other model railroad and railroad related web sites.
Specifications:
  • Name:  Island Valley Railroad
  • Scale:  Hi-Rail O (1:48)
  • Size:  19' x 24'
  • Prototype:  Freelance
  • Locale:  USA
  • Period/Era:  Diesel era (1950 - Present)
  • Layout Height:  38"
  • Benchwork:  1" x 4" frame, 3/4" plywood directly on frame
  • Roadbed:  Cork
  • Ballast:  Chicken Grit, Starter size
  • Track:  Atlas O, 21st Century Track System
  • Turnouts:  O54
  • Crossovers:  O72
  • Mainline Curve Radius:  27" (O54)
  • Scenery:  Hardshell, Plaster cloth over cardboard webbing, newspaper, extruded foam
  • Control:
    • Command:
      • DCS Remote Control Set, #50-1001, MTH
      • TrainMaster Command Control (TMCC), #6-12969, Lionel LLC
    • Conventional: Z-4001, Remote Control System, #40-4001, MTH
Power:
  • Track: Z-4000, #40-4000, MTH
  • DCS Track Interface Unit (TIU):
    • 18-24 VAC, 1000mA AC Power Adapter, #273-1650, Radio Shack
      • Adaptaplug "M", #273-1716, Radio Shack
    • TIU/TMCC 6' Connector Cable, #50-1018, MTH
  • Switches: 1.8 Amp Accessory Transformer, #6-32923, Lionel LLC
  • Block Signals: 1.8 Amp Accessory Transformer, #6-32923, Lionel LLC
  • Accessories:
    • 1.8 Amp Accessory Transformer, #6-32923, Lionel LLC
    • 600 Watt, 12 Volt AC Transformer, #585841, Hamton Bay
    • Converter Module AC/DC #4804, Miller Engineering