Rattlesnake Pass - American N gauge layout now dismantled. A wide range of mixed freight operates over this line along with an Amtrak passenger service between Chicago and Los Angeles. There are two major industries at the town. Railroad ballast is provided by the gravel quarry as well as the odd coal load as a coal seam has been broken into. The local farmers co-op is served by the grain silo and during the harvest season grain trains are backed up waiting to ship out the grain to the major cities in surrounding states. The town is also served by local freights dropping off a few cars, and a local switcher is often to be found when traffic is at a minimum.
Rattlesnake Pass - American N gauge layout now dismantled. A wide range of mixed freight operates over this line along with an Amtrak passenger service between Chicago and Los Angeles. There are two major industries at the town. Railroad ballast is provided by the gravel quarry as well as the odd coal load as a coal seam has been broken into. The local farmers co-op is served by the grain silo and during the harvest season grain trains are backed up waiting to ship out the grain to the major cities in surrounding states. The town is also served by local freights dropping off a few cars, and a local switcher is often to be found when traffic is at a minimum.
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Rattlesnake Pass - American N gauge layout now dismantled. Today the 750 mile long line is operated jointly by the Burlington Northern and Southern Pacific / Denver & Rio Grande to expidite container and piggyback traffic around the heavily trafficed Nebraska coal fields where track capacity is a premium.Previous | NextTebay 4mm finescale layout as exhibited at Wigan. This layout, which was sold in 2004, allowed the observer to pick a lineside spot, imagine that they were in the period between 1948 and 1963 and enjoy watching the trains go by..... From the right came trains heading North and trains from the left were heading South. You would have arrived by train or the A6 - no motorway existed (yet). Tebay is situated in the beautiful but wild and remote Lune valley in the Cumbrian hills. It often rains and the winds frequently blow down Tebay Gorge or down from the high fells. You would have been fortunate, the summers day was fine and visibility good. In between the passing trains and shunting movements all you would have heard is the bleating of sheep. The West coast main line stretched before you in both directions. Looking as far as you could see to the south, the line crossed the river Lune on a girder bridge immediately prior to throwing off a loop on the down line. The loop was well used, principally by goods trains, to avoid delaying following faster freight or passenger trains.

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