Chi-Town Union Station (Train Outakes) PT-1 (Canon XL2)
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Length: 18:26
Description: Hello & Welcome. CHI-TOWN UNION STATION is a "O" Scale (1/4"=1') model railroad display that represents railroads in the chicago (CHI-TOWN)area as they were in the 1950's & 60's. Chicago was, & still is, the largest railroad hub in the U.S. Most of the TOP passenger trains like the NYC's 20th Century Limited,& Empire State Experss, SF's Super Chief, IC's Panama Limited, GN's Empire Builder, B&O's Capital Limited, PRR's Broadway Limited, Burlington's Californa Zepher, Milwaukee's Olympian Hiawatha, & many other's arrived & departed from Chicago daily. Beginning in June,1999, construction of this layout was started & was a ONE man job most of the time. After about 3 years into the project Robert joined me as well as other volunteers,& the pace of the constuction accelerated. As of 11/20/07 this model railroad NOW covers about 5,700 SQ FT & has more than 6,000 FT of 2 Rail track in operation. Our primary goal is to create a world class model railroad with excellent trackwork, & scenery & to share the history of railroading as it was when American Passenger Trains were at thier colorful peak. We thank you for joining us here today & truly hope to see you here soon & one of our many OPEN HOUSES we are currenly running over every weekend until April 27th. CHI-TOWN UNION STATION
Statistics as of Nov 20 / 07
Total Track 6048.
Total Switches 285.
Total Switch Machines 316.
Total Double Slip Switches . 20
NYC Route Miles 310 FT.
NYC Track Miles 828 FT .
B&O Route Miles 575 FT.
B&O Track Miles 2,230 FT.
Santa Fe Route Miles 1,200 FT.
Santa Fe Track Miles 1,450 FT.
Rio Grande Route Miles 300 FT.
Rio Grande Track Miles 500 FT.
Passenger Station & Coach Yards 820 FT
Freight Yards 250 FT.
Electronics NCE (North Coast Engineering)
(10 GA.) Stranded for main line BUSS.
(12 GA.) Stranded for each piece of Track.
NCE Boosters 22 @ 10 AMPS Each.
Block Detectors Bruce Chubb D.C.C. OD (Modified)
Computer Software Freiwald (Railroad & Co.)
Maximum Grade on this layout is 2%.
Minimum Radius 7 FT
90% of all the Locomotives have Sound.
Computer operation of NYC, Santa Fe, & Union Station can run 22 trains Automatically.
Number of Trains running -- Up to 27 at a Time.
Longest train ever ran on Layout -- 327 two bay hoppers
Author: choochoo1225pm
Source: YouTube
