Bob's Track Plans

It can be tricky to make use of two rooms when they are available for a railroad while still maintaining access and a walk-around design. To evoke the railroads radiating west out of Chicago, I made sure most of the mainline could be operated from within the central aisles of the larger room, with some "cheating" involving extending the Eola Yard into the secondary room to achieve enough room to handle longer trains.

Now this was a challenge. Greg wanted to model Pullman Junction, a key spot on the South Side of Chicago where five different railroads...

Dan wanted to represent the bustle of downtown Chicago, with C&NW, Milwaukee Road, and El stations and tracks on one level, and the...