A New Era in the Life of the SJSRR

This HO scale model railroad was inspired by the Rocky Mountain railroads of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The SJSRR or "The Silver San Juan" (That nick-name is certainly not original with us but more commonly associated with the Rio Grande Southern.) is a "freelance" layout based on what little RR and prototype knowledge the builder has at any given time. The time period is 1949 and the SJSRR serves regional mining and lumber industries and interchanges with the D&RGW which is the source of many of the necessities of life and commerce for the San Juan area.

The main purpose of this model railroad, other than generating enough revenue to keep the trains rolling, is to create a pleasing "diorama" of the Rockies in the San Juan area and to have fun in the process.
 
The layout is only 6' X 17' and is a sort of "dog bone" configuration with two end modules connected by two 4-1/2' X 1-1/2' modules.

Track Plan Showing Reversing Sections

Control is Atlas Commander DCC with two walk-around Handcommand throttles. Digitrax and Lenz decoders are used. We do not have sound, yet.

In addition to the turntable (Walthers) there are two reversing loops. These are
controlled by Digitrax and MRC auto-reversing modules.

Currently the basic scenery is almost complete. Many structures and scenery
details are still to be added as well as block detectors (NCE BD20) for the hidden trackage and finished switch control panels.
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