The Prototype

Style:
Prototype:
Location:
Era:
Interchange:

Prototypical
Canadian Pacific Railway
Southeastern British Columbia Boundary & Slocan areas
1961/1962
Great Northern, & CPR lake barge operations

The Layout

Location:
Scale:
Size:
Control:
Accessibility:
Mainline Length:
Yards:

Passing Sidings:
Scenery Complete:
Carspots:
Motive Power:
Rolling Stock:
Track Construction:

Coquitlam
HO
Irregular; approximately 1200 sq ft.
Base LENZ system with CVP wireless throttles
Fully accessible
Current =400 ft, Ultimate = 540 ft
Nelson Divisional yard, Rossland Subdivision staging yard,
Proctor/east staging, & a temporary west staging
8
10%
Constantly increasing due to construction
Primarily Fairbanks Morse diesel units, with a few others
A whole bunch
Micro Engineering flextrack and modified Shinohara turnouts – code 70

Operations

Clock Speed:
Session Length:
Crew Size:
Dispatching:
Car Forwarding:
Communication:
Jobs:

Train Lengths:
Session Style

2.7:1  GML Enterprises
~ 3 to 4 hours
~ at 9 to 10
Dispatcher with TT&TO
4 position waybills & car cards
VTech cordless phones
Dispatcher, Nelson yard master & switch crew,
East staging Yardmaster, several road crews.
10 to 22 cars
Sunny

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