nc rails.com

This web site was the original •www.SouRwy.Railfan.Net• web project formerly hosted by Railfan.Net beginning back in 1997.  SR data and the fine scale work of Tony Sissons and Bob Harpe are uploaded herein.  See Tony's modeling work HERE and his SD50 project HERE.  --- Steve 

Inaugural Day Railfanning! (Photos Daniel Smith)

Photos ©2008 by Andrew Smith.  All Rights Reserved.  TOP TWO: Laurinburg, NC, 20 January, 2009.
           ABOVE: Salisbury, NC, 21 October 2006.

Scale: HO      Overall Size: 18’ 0" x 20’ 0"
Era:  Present BNSF / UP AC4400CTE's, ES44DC's, and SD70Ace's; Both EMD & GE power
Prototype: freelanced, originally based on SRR Practice
Setting:  Western & Piedmont areas of North Carolina
Track plan: linear walk around (plan not available)
Minimum Radius: Double Main; Minimum Radius 32/34" super elevated
Bench work Height & Type: 52-54", open grid; maximum track height 57"
Track: Railcraft code 83 & 70, Shinohara turnouts
Scenery Construction: structolite over plaster cloth & card-board strips
Train Control: DC Analog 18v / 3 AMP DC GML Enterprises "Rover" (RO-3)  tethered throttles w / twin cab control and remote plug-in locations
Signal System: automatic 3-color block signaling with Integrated Signal Systems logic & Oregon Rail Supply hardware. Grade crossing logic supplied by Circuitron w/ Oregon Rail Supply hardware.

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