Morgan wanted a relatively simple, one-level railroad where he could mostly watch trains roll. This provides staging for up to six trains behind low barriers; trains can leave one staging yard, traverse the main, and end up in the other staging yard, then back behind the scenes back to their original location -- a fairly flexible system requiring no grades. The prototype is a scenic stretch of the CSX through Indiana; the tunnel is prototypical. Download PDF
A special building will be built to house this monster, a grand tour of some of the iconic locations of North American railroading. It was a trick to represent Horseshoe Curve, Cascade Tunnel, Keddie Wye, Tehachapi Loop, and the spiral tunnels of Kicking Horse Pass on one layout – but I think we gave it a pretty good shot. Download pdf
