Layout Status:
active
Track Type:
Sn3
Layout Space:
18' x 30'
Layout Style:
Around-the-room, with peninsulas
Rail Size:
code 70, 55
Min. Turnout Frog:
#6
Min. Radius:
36"
Ruling Grade:
4%
Era:
Fall of 1950
Setting:
Chama, New Mexico; Alamosa, Colorado
Railroad(s) Modeled:
D&RGW, RGS
Control System:
DC migrating to DCC
Featured In:
The S Scale Resource, Feb 2017, pg 29
NASG Dispatch, Apr 2003, pg 17 (photos) & pg 18
Notes:
Craig has two layouts. This one is the Sn3 one (the other is standard-gauge).
Videos:
This is the scene out of Cumbres looking west on Craig's S/Sn3 layout.
A freight meeting the San Juan at Cumbres. The K-28 #476 was imported by P-B-L, and the K-36 #484 by Overland Models. The passenger car was by Precision Scale, and the freight cars were by P-B-L.