My model railroad does not represent any specific prototype, and it takes its scenery from many different geographic settings in the western United States. The era is sometime in the mid-20th century in places that are being logged over and mined out. Most of the structures are scratch built, with a kit, or kit-bash here and there. Scenery is mostly natural materials collected in the Sierra Nevada Mountains nearby my home, including real rock - not plaster castings. Operation is simple - a large DCC controlled loop running around the walls and out into a peninsula.
My Home Layout
Illustrative Layout Diagram
Farmer;s market at Val Jean Whistle Stop
Water tank at Val Jean
Passenger train in the mountains
Coasting down hill
Bridge crossing near town to be completed
Passenger train stopped at Eponine station
Leaving the town of Eponine
Starting the downgrade run
Shay picking up loaded ore cars
The mine complex
Val Jean Whistle Stop
Star and Bullock’s Hardware Store
Engine Facility
Engine facilities at Eponine
Behind the shop
Logging truck in Eponine
Ida Snow’s House of Pleasure
The daily passenger leaving Eponine
Roundin’ a curve
The daily passenger train
Log loading in the woods
Logs being hauled out
Marc Pryor’s Climax and log cars
Log train
Log train near Camp #1
Rail truck delivering to Camp #1
The bend at Camp #1
Camp #1
Drifting down the hill
Breaking on the downhill
Small business in Eponine
Eponine station
Eponine gas station
Perry Shibbles Produce shed
Small business in Eponine
Shay locomotive
Logged over
Mountain scenery
Steam Donkey
Steam Donkey
Steam Donkey
Steam Donkey “planted” in the camp
Steam Donkey under repair
Steam Donkey close-up
Logging Camp 1
Logging Camp 1
Derelict logging dozer
Logging dozer “planted” at the repair facility
Logging dozer
Rusted oil tank
Into the woods
The woods
Miners working a claim
Living off the land
The rail bus stopping at Cosette
Tunnel out of town
Mt. Clemens engine facilities
Yard office
Behind the yard office
Taking out the trash
The industrial area of town
The “other side” of town
Cityscape
Looking for work
Down, but not out
The peddler moves through town
The streets of Mt. Clemens
Working in the alley
Mt. Clemens station
Port of Mt. Clemens
Kramdin Warehouse
Tractor repair
Crossing shanty
Scrap yard
Scrap yard
Back of the tracks
Main line through town
Mt. Clemens
Downtown Mt. Clemens
The “other side” of the tracks
Downtown engine facility
After a long day working on the railroad....
