Current Layout by Dan Navarre

Layout Name:

"Keweenaw Bay and River Raisin Railroad"

Official Web Site:

Visit

Layout Status:

active

Track Type:

Layout Space:

21'x 24'

Layout Style:

Basement-filling, multi-level

Track Manufacturer:

Tomalco Track flextrack & turnouts

Rail Size:

code 100

Min. Turnout Frog:

Min. Radius:

38"

Ruling Grade:

Track Height(s):

43", 49", 53"

Completed:

benchwork: 95%; track: 50%; scenery: 0%

Setting:

West Virginia

Railroad(s) Modeled:

C&O, Pere Marquette

Control System:

DCC (ESU)

Notes:

Dan is, of course, better known for owning River Raisin Models, the importing company for exquisite brass models in S and Sn3.

An overview of Dan's layout under construction.

These are two models of the brass Pratt bridge that River Raisin Models imported in 2001.

These downtown Thurmond background buildings were 3D-printed. The plywood template is planned to be the backdrop for Thurmond.

Both regular track and the turnouts are those made by Tomalco Track. The straight turnout is a #10, but Dan mostly uses curved turnouts in this layout. The Masonite hardboard in the foreground is the future river bottom.