see HO scale Model RR
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My layout is "N" scale. It's one size smaller than HO scale. I use a quarter to show the size comparison in some of the pictures. My theme is circa 1935-1955, set in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, at an elevation of about 5,000 ft. This was an era when steam engines where still the work horse and diesels were just coming online. I use a "state of the art" Digital Command Control system (DCC), not a transformer. It's computerized and allows me to run numerous engines at different speeds going opposite directions or stopped, while others are running on the track. The engines have tiny computers that I installed in them that control speed, direction and sound. Then I program them to reproduce the various sounds of the whistles, bells, steam chuffing and diesel motors associated with each engine. Be sure to turn your volume up to hear the audio! I've been working on this model railroad since 2007. I still have a lot of work to do on the scenery. I built the wood trestles from unfinished fir, not balsa. Then I stained them. I created each trestle design according to specifications of the era. I built the buildings from kits and painted them accordingly. I'll put working lights in them later. I'm ready to start placing trees, shrubs, grasses, rocks, realistic water, more buildings, roads, streets, RR crossings, telephone poles, vehicles, working street lights, people, animals and more! I'll update this website as it progresses. My goal, when completed, is that when I take a photo, it will look so real you'll have to look twice ...and then you still won't be sure!
