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Jim Sinclair -
Southern Pacific - HO
Modeling the Southern Pacific
over Donner Pass from Roseville California to Truckee with West
and East staging yards, in HO scale. The predominant motive power
are Cab Forwards and F7's, ABA's and ABBA's in the 1940's to 1955.
Helper service is required going both east and west over the hill.
Southern Pacific began replacing the steam in 1956 with the more
efficient diesels.
About 90% of the track is down, some terrain is in. The Roseville
yard is basically complete except for the icing facility. Four
industrial areas are about 98% complete. When completed the RR
will support fourteen to eighteen operators and a dispatcher. The
dispatcher will control the double mainline traffic utilizing a
computer program. Eventually a detection system will support the
dispatcher in controlling the heavy traffic.
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