Barry's Model Railroad

This is an accounting of my attempts at model railroads N scale and HO or OO. I find it to be a lot of fun. I concentrate my efforts on The New York Central, Ann Arbor, Pere Marquette, Chesapeake and Ohio as it relates to the Pere Marquette, Michigan Central Railroads and my own Salt Creek Railroad. I am also interested in the Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway, the Great Lakes Central Railroad, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, and BNSF. You are welcome to give me advice.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

The Grand Kids BNSF Railway

I tried to put the grand kids BNSF Railway layout under the family Hanukkah Bush. It looked great but took up to much space. and diden't leave enough room for the gifts. I have upgraded the track from metal alloy to nickle silver Bachmann EZtrack. The layout consists of a small oval with 3 rerailer sections on the straight aways. I think I am going to need to replace the coupler on the locomotive as it uncouples at random if the train is not on a completely smooth surface. Considering the size of the layout I believe it is large enough for the kids to enjoy without needing to grow it in size.

The above map is the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway or BNSF Railway system map. As you can see it is a combination of the old Burlington Northern and the old Santa Fe Railroads. My layout is, as you can tell a lot smaller.

Barry's Model Railroad