Welcome to the Whip City Railroad. Hopefully this will be a place for my model railroad friends and guests to check out the progress on the Whip City RR. This layout is an HO scale shelf layout. The shelf is about 12" deep and around 18 feet long. The idea is too create a model similar to but not exactly like the Pioneer Valley Railroad here in Westfield, Massachusetts.

Currently there is a variety of power on the line but I am hoping to custom paint and decal two or three UP38s to be the permanent fleet. The layout is DCC powered using the MRC Prodigy Advance system.

The railroad will eventually interchange with the CSX Berkshire Subdivision creating some interesting operating potential. I look forward to ideas and comments from folks, especially any way to make the layout better.

Dave

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Roadbed and Track Down

By Backdrop Junction Blog | January 07, 2011 at 03:15 PM EST | No Comments

This is looking toward the left. At front is the main line and then the run around track and the tail track. The setup for the industry tracks has been changed from what is here. Off the runaround are a pair of Peco #6 Turnouts going into an Atlas 19 degree crossing. THis makes switching the industries much easier and more logical. At the back left one of these tracks leads to what will be a lumber yard. Just got the kit for Christmas along with six center beam flat cars.

Whip City Railroad

By Backdrop Junction Blog | January 07, 2011 at 03:00 PM EST | No Comments

This is the current track plan for the Whip City Railroad. Much input has been received from my friends Ron and Mike from the RR club. The peninsula is yet to be built. It looks like this may get changed to a waterside pier with room for a small intermodal facility and perhaps a place for coal cars to receive loads from a barge.

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