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Gary Hoover
has built another masterpiece. With this layout he's gone back
in time to Aug. 29, 1951 to model the Atchison Topeka &
Santa Fe with spectacular western scenery. This new HO railroad
replaces his modern day Missouri Kansas & Quincy. Gary says
building the new layout was the best thing he's ever done.
The Santa
Fe runs from Chicago to San Bernardino, California. The scenes
were built using photos to get the exact placement of mountain
peaks, landmark structures and track alignments. About 95% of
the structures are scratchbuilt, and many have interiors. As
you might guess Gary tries to follow exact Santa Fe practices
including signals, train consists and schedules. One particularly
interesting element is the helper operation between San Bernardino
and Summit.
In addition
to the Santa Fe you'll see trains from the Union Pacific and
some extra foreign road traffic at Dearborn station. The area
around the station captures the look of Chicago in the 1950s.
At San Bernardino you'll see the massive station, roundhouse
and locomotive shops.
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