The Blue Valley Railroad is what might have been a rural town in Pennsylvania in the 60's. The layout encompasses the town along with a small yard that would be used for MOW or holding rolling stock for the local industries.
The design of the layout is an outside oval with two smaller ovals inside the larger oval. All of the ovals are connected together so that trains can be switched onto or out of each loop. The layout is split into two sections the town and an industrial section separated by an open pit granite mine that has been abandoned.
Scenery, Motive Power and Rolling Stock are a mixed collection of items that started in my childhood.
Scale / Gauge
HO
Size of Layout
14/9
Prototype
freelance Prototypical
Location Modeled
Blue Mountains of Pennsylvannia
Era
Late 60's
Style of Track Plan
Oval
Length of Main Line
10'
Layout Height
42"
Benchwork
Wood frame deck
Roadbed Material
Other
Track Manufacturer
Atlas
Turnouts
Atlas
Minimum Main Line Radius
22"
Maximum Grade
3 %
Scenery Techniques
Scenery was build with a variety of techniques and includes out of the box and DIY interspersed across the layout.
% Scenery Complete
90 %
Backdrop
None at this time
Control System
DCC - Digitrax
Car Forwarding System
None
Direction Comment
Come to the front door and then stairs down to the basement
