Former Layout by Rusty Westermeier (d)
Layout Name:
"Fawbush and Miller"
Layout Status:
dismantled
Track Type:
S
Layout Style:
Basement-filling
Track Manufacturer:
handlaid, Shinohara
Rail Size:
code 100 (main); code 83 (yards)
Min. Turnout Frog:
#6
Min. Radius:
45"
Ruling Grade:
2%
Track Height(s):
46" to 50"
Mainline Track Length:
220'
Setting:
Midwest, Northern to West Coast
Railroad(s) Modeled:
Fawbush and Miller (private), NP, GN, CB&Q, SPS, UP
Control System:
DCC (CVP - EasyDCC) & Battery-powered
Featured In:
S Gaugian, Jan 2012, pg 10
Notes:
Rusty was a retired Air Force weatherman, and so named his layout after the two weathermen who discovered how to predict Tornados. Six to eight operators would run the layout for about an hour using simple switch lists on most Friday nights, as well as help work on the layout itself. Several engines have been converted to CVP dead-rail battery power. Operators would bring their own battery-powered engines, too.
Videos:
Switching Richardson.
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)
Fawbush yard looking east toward Miller (left in photo). Showalter on the right.
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)
Operator Tom switching the GP engines at Baker, which are headed for Grimes.
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)
The electric plant to Grimes.
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)
Switching Grimes, and then on to Miller.
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)
Switching Miller, and then on to West Staging.
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)
West Staging is the final destination.
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)
This is at Richardson, looking back past the wye toward East Staging.
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)
Switching at Showalter.
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)
(copyright © Fred Schlegel; used by permission)