Jim Foley's JD & VR Railroad (G)
Layout Tour Dates
Important Note: For 2020, there will be no "open house", in-person layout tours. All Piedmont Pilgrimage tours will be "virtual", video-only tours.
Layout Description:
Mainline is 200’ figure eight covering about 35’ x 35’ area. Long passing siding. Secondary line about 50’ around pond within one loop of the figure eight, with crossovers to mainline. Spur into house to 5-track staging area. One single-track and one double-track Eaglewings steel bridge over creek feeding pond. Two 10‘ steel truss bridges and three 3’ steel beam bridges on elevated portion of mainline. USA Trains F3A/B diesel, NW2 diesel switcher, and J1e Hudson. Aristocraft Budd RDC car. Most rolling stock from Pennsylvania roads: Pennsy, Lehigh Valley, Reading, Jersey Central, DL&W.
Scale |
G |
Size |
35’ x 35’ (outdoors) |
Prototype |
None |
Locale |
Pennsylvania |
Era |
transition |
Style |
Figure 8 mainline |
Len. of Mainline |
200’ |
Layout Height |
Some ground level, some elevated |
Benchwork |
N/A |
Roadbed |
Crushed gravel |
Trackwork |
Aristocraft brass |
Turnouts |
#6 |
Min. Radius |
8’ |
Maximum Grade |
3% |
Scenery |
Complete: Groundcover, miniature trees, structures, bridges |
Backdrop |
Our back yard |
Controls |
CVP Airwire remote; battery power |
Wheelchair Accessible |
No |