Former Layout by Phil Scandura

Layout Name:

"Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe in 1950s Flagstaff"

Layout Status:

dismantled

Track Type:

Layout Space:

4' x 10'

Layout Style:

L-shaped, switching layout

Track Manufacturer:

Tomalco Track flextrack & turnouts

Rail Size:

code 100

Min. Turnout Frog:

Min. Radius:

20"

Ruling Grade:

Track Height(s):

56"

Mainline Track Length:

16'

Completed:

100% complete

Era:

1950s

Setting:

Flagstaff, Arizona

Railroad(s) Modeled:

ATSF

Control System:

Featured In:

1:64 Modeling Guide. Vol 11, Num 2, Spring 2010

1:64 Modeling Guide. Vol 12, Num 1, Winter 2012

1:64 Modeling Guide. Vol 11, Num 4, Fall

Other Links:

Deseret News Article

The full track plan of the layout.

The Sanborn map that served as the prototype diagram for the track plan.

Railfanning a short train passing by on one of the two mainlines. As you can see from the track plan, the front track is pure "scenery". It conveys large-scale railroading on a shelf layout.

The Rio de Flag trestles.

The Northern Arizona Warehouse Company, which today is the Altitudes Bar & Grill. As you look at these photos, note Phil's creative use of "slicing" the buildings up to butt up against the shelf backdrop.

The loading dock.

The Flagstaff Lumber Company, which today is the Lumberyard Brewing Company.

The ATSF Water Tower, which was removed in the late-1950s.

Hutchinson Motors, which today is the site for the Moving & Storage company. The water tower is on the right edge of the photo.

El Paso Fuels, which today is Win Oil.

Flagstaff Roofing & Supply, which no longer exists.