Current Layout by Bruce Heald

Layout Name:

"New Haven Railroad, Boston Division"

Layout Status:

active

Track Type:

Layout Space:

30' x 12 ' with 23' x 3' extension

Layout Style:

Around-the-room

Track Manufacturer:

A.C. Gilbert, GarGraves (flex)

Rail Size:

code 172

Ruling Grade:

0%, with a short section rising 1/2" per foot on a branch line

Track Height(s):

34"

Mainline Track Length:

480' oval; 24' on one branch, 49' on the other branch

Completed:

benchwork: 100%, track: 100%, scenery: 5%

Setting:

Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Railroad(s) Modeled:

Control System:

Featured In:

The Dispatcher (NMRA Ops SIG), Apr 2011

The Dispatcher (NMRA Ops SIG), Jul 2007

Notes:

The design of the layout is a main table that holds a number of oval tracks and a yard (shown in the first photo), and then a very long 3-foot extension around the room along the other three walls. The layout simulates operation of double-tracked mainline and several branches (ETT, Train Order/ABS). Second generation employee of territory simulated. Bruce has operated AF back to 1954. There are over 200 pieces of rolling stock all but one are A.C. Gilbert or Lionel. There are a total of 72 track switches on the layout, with only 5 of which that are controlled remotely.

Shown is the main double-tracked oval. Within that, in the foreground is the engine terminal, and in the distance is the passenger terminal.