Industy Yard

This is the final stage of an evolving exhibition layout. It is really two smaller exhibition layouts joined end to end.

Ellison Industry Yard is situated in an imaginary medium sized, mid-western town, on a secondary east to west single-track railroad built by a predecessor of the BNSF Railroad who use it as a relief road when traffic is heavy on other corridors.

It is also the junction of a former branch to the town of Willamette some 60 miles southwest. The Willamette & Pacific RR (A short line) now operates this branch line. The town is also connected to Union Pacific tracks a couple of miles out of town.

The yard consists of several tracks with various industries along the north side. These are mainly rail served and require switching every day. The W & P crews do most of the switching with occasional help from a resident BNSF switcher which handles the UP/BNSF business.

At the east end of the yard is the small W&P service facility that caters to the needs of the W&P locos and visiting power.

Traffic consists of interchange between the BNSF and the W&P and daily transfer freight from the UP. The switching of local industries is an all day business too, especially the Miracle Chair and grain elevator. All this has to be orchestrated so as not to interfere with the numerous BNSF trains that use the main line.

Baseboards. - 8mm Chipboard with 3x1 framing 44" high
Scenery - Ground is Exterior Quality Polyfilla. Ground Cover (plants) by Woodland Scenics
Structures are Scratch built, based on actual buildings seen during visits to the 'States'.

Locomotives - Athearn, Lifelike, Bachmann, Proto2000, Atlas, etc. All extensively modified and detailed to represent specific locomotives. Kadee couplings are standard on all stock, using under track uncouplers.

Freight Cars - As above, together with items from Roundhouse, Details West, A Line, Intermountain, plus some home grown.

Control - DCC using NCE.

Ellison Industry Yard in its assembled form is 30 feet long and nearly 10 feet wide. It needs a minimum of four operators and a Transit type vehicle for transportation.

Setting up time is about 3 hours, take down about an hour and a half.

This layout is available for exhibitions, contact us for further information.