Chi-Town Union Station (Train Outakes) PT-1 (Canon XL2)

Hello & Welcome. CHI-TOWN UNION STATION is a "O" Scale (1/4"=1') model railroad display that represents railroads in the chicago (CHI-TOWN)area as they were in the 1950's & 60's. Chicago was, & still is, the largest railroad hub in the U.S. Most of the TOP passenger trains like the NYC's 20th Century Limited,& Empire State Experss, SF's Super Chief, IC's Panama Limited, GN's Empire Builder, B&O's Capital Limited, PRR's Broadway Limited, Burlington's Californa Zepher, Milwaukee's Olympian Hiawatha, & many other's arrived & departed from Chicago daily. Beginning in June,1999, construction of this layout was started & was a ONE man job most of the time. After about 3 years into the project Robert joined me as well as other volunteers,& the pace of the constuction accelerated. As of 11/20/07 this model railroad NOW covers about 5,700 SQ FT & has more than 6,000 FT of 2 Rail track in operation. Our primary goal is to create a world class model railroad with excellent trackwork, & scenery & to share the history of railroading as it was when American Passenger Trains were at thier colorful peak. We thank you for joining us here today & truly hope to see you here soon & one of our many OPEN HOUSES we are currenly running over every weekend until April 27th. CHI-TOWN UNION STATIONStatistics as of Nov 20 / 07Total Track 6048.Total Switches 285.Total Switch Machines 316.Total Double Slip Switches . 20NYC Route Miles 310 FT.NYC Track Miles 828 FT .B&O Route Miles 575 FT.B&O Track Miles 2,230 FT.Santa Fe Route Miles 1,200 FT.Santa Fe Track Miles 1,450 FT. Rio Grande Route Miles 300 FT.Rio Grande Track Miles 500 FT.Passenger Station & Coach Yards 820 FTFreight Yards 250 FT.Electronics NCE (North Coast Engineering)(10 GA.) Stranded for main line BUSS.(12 GA.) Stranded for each piece of Track.NCE Boosters 22 @ 10 AMPS Each.Block Detectors Bruce Chubb D.C.C. OD (Modified)Computer Software Freiwald (Railroad & Co.)Maximum Grade on this layout is 2%.Minimum Radius 7 FT90% of all the Locomotives have Sound.Computer operation of NYC, Santa Fe, & Union Station can run 22 trains Automatically.Number of Trains running -- Up to 27 at a Time.Longest train ever ran on Layout -- 327 two bay hoppers

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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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