Current Layout by Ed Loizeaux

Layout Name:

"NYC Valley Division"

Official Web Site:

Visit

Layout Status:

active

Track Type:

Layout Space:

20' x 30'

Layout Style:

Around-the-room, figure-8

Rail Size:

code 100

Min. Turnout Frog:

#8 (main), #6 (yards), #4 (industrial)

Min. Radius:

54" (visible), 48" (hidden), 24" (industrial)

Track Height(s):

42" to 61"

Mainline Track Length:

305'

Era:

1948 to 1958

Setting:

upstate New York

Railroad(s) Modeled:

NYC, freelance

Control System:

DCC (North Coast Engineering)

Featured In:

NASG Dispatch, Sep 2020, pg 16

S Gaugian, May 2013

Model Railroad Hobbyist, Oct 2009, pg 145

Model Railroader, Nov 2008

Great Model Railroads 2005, pg 28

Book:

visit

Notes:

Built into a converted three-car garage. Nearly 20 people contributed to the completion of this layout. Ed published the 3/16 'S'cale Railroading magazine, was the president of the NASG for number of years, was a member of the NMRA's DCC Working Group, and co-authored a book on DCC.