Art Cunningham Operations
Layout Name: Sierra Lines
City: Celina
Scale: HO
Size: 20' X 50'
Jobs: Yardmaster and 7 district operators.
Car Forwarding: Car Cards and Waybills
Operations: There are 521 cars on the layout and 190 turnouts, mostly Peco hand throw. For puzzle lovers, we have 9 double slip switches. Control is by Digitrax radio control throttles (UT4R). Most engines have sound. Dispatching is by wireless audio.
There are 8 switching districts, with an operator assigned to each area as follows:
Downtown – SP – 18 businesses – serviced daily by 21 car train
Old Town – WP – 16 businesses – serviced daily by 21 car train
Industrial Park – SC – 11 businesses – serviced daily by 14 car train
North Sacramento – LSI – 15 businesses – serviced daily by 20 car train
East Sacramento – V&T – 15 businesses – serviced daily by 18 car train
Docks – LSI – 11 businesses - serviced daily by 12 car train – usually operated by Yardmaster
Yard – LSI – 9 yard tracks with 200 cars capacity – in a typical session, 16 trains will enter or leave the Yard. At the beginning of each session the Yardmaster will dispatch 3 trains and classify 48 cars inbound from staging on 2 trains, then work on the Docks businesses as time allows. During the session, another 74 cars will be classified, arriving on 4 trains, with 3 trains being dispatched to Sacramento businesses. Finally, 2 trains are dispatched to staging from where they started.
In addition, the towns of Auburn and Blackwater Junction are each serviced daily by 18 car trains, arriving from and departing to staging. Blackwater Junction has 17 businesses while Auburn has 13, one of which is up a mountain requiring 2 trips up and down to pickup logs and setout MTs at the log pond.
In addition, there are 14 different Extras available for anyone who gets done early and wants more action. There are two 10 car trains that switch the interchange tracks in each subsection, a 20 car Gold Ore Turn to switch the Mother Lode Mine, 3 Passenger trains with minimal switching, 2 steam engine trains that just run the layout and get in everyone’s way, and 6 trains with 2 to 5 cars max. (no caboose) that deliver and pickup coal cars, MTs, and repaired or needing repair cars.
There are 8 switching districts, with an operator assigned to each area as follows:
Downtown – SP – 18 businesses – serviced daily by 21 car train
Old Town – WP – 16 businesses – serviced daily by 21 car train
Industrial Park – SC – 11 businesses – serviced daily by 14 car train
North Sacramento – LSI – 15 businesses – serviced daily by 20 car train
East Sacramento – V&T – 15 businesses – serviced daily by 18 car train
Docks – LSI – 11 businesses - serviced daily by 12 car train – usually operated by Yardmaster
Yard – LSI – 9 yard tracks with 200 cars capacity – in a typical session, 16 trains will enter or leave the Yard. At the beginning of each session the Yardmaster will dispatch 3 trains and classify 48 cars inbound from staging on 2 trains, then work on the Docks businesses as time allows. During the session, another 74 cars will be classified, arriving on 4 trains, with 3 trains being dispatched to Sacramento businesses. Finally, 2 trains are dispatched to staging from where they started.
In addition, the towns of Auburn and Blackwater Junction are each serviced daily by 18 car trains, arriving from and departing to staging. Blackwater Junction has 17 businesses while Auburn has 13, one of which is up a mountain requiring 2 trips up and down to pickup logs and setout MTs at the log pond.
In addition, there are 14 different Extras available for anyone who gets done early and wants more action. There are two 10 car trains that switch the interchange tracks in each subsection, a 20 car Gold Ore Turn to switch the Mother Lode Mine, 3 Passenger trains with minimal switching, 2 steam engine trains that just run the layout and get in everyone’s way, and 6 trains with 2 to 5 cars max. (no caboose) that deliver and pickup coal cars, MTs, and repaired or needing repair cars.
Description:
The Sierra Lines is an amalgamation of the Sierra Division of the Southern Pacific Lines (SP), the Virginia and Truckee River Railroad (V&T), the Lodestone, Sierra, and Incline Village Railroad (LSI), the Western Pacific Railroad (WP), and the Sierra Central Railroad (SC), all put together and operated under the auspices of the infamous Dr. Arthur Smith, as you all know. Mainline run is 253 ft. The layout scenery is complete, including all tracks ballasted, 118 grade crossings, 312 vehicles, 611 people, 284 barrels, 19 or 20 dogs, 4 cats, and 1 Martyn Jenkins.
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