Jim Foley's JD & VR Railroad (G)
Layout Tour Dates
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Scale |
G |
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Size |
35’ x 35’ (outdoors) |
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Prototype |
None |
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Locale |
Pennsylvania |
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Era |
transition |
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Style |
Figure 8 mainline |
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Len. of Mainline |
200’ |
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Layout Height |
Some ground level, some elevated |
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Benchwork |
N/A |
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Roadbed |
Crushed gravel |
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Trackwork |
Aristocraft brass |
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Turnouts |
#6 |
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Min. Radius |
8’ |
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Maximum Grade |
3% |
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Scenery |
Complete: Groundcover, miniature trees, structures, bridges |
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Backdrop |
Our back yard |
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Controls |
CVP Airwire remote; battery power |
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Wheelchair Accessible |
No |
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.
Directions
Directions: From I/75/85 connector in midtown, exit 14th street or 17th street, east to West Peachtree, north 0n West Peachtree to merge with Peachtree, continue two blocks to right on Beverly, half mile to left on Friar Tuck. Fourth house (yellow ranch) on left.
