Old Layout

This plan of the Empire Division, was made when Adobe Photoshop was my new toy and buffonery was in style. Rather than presenting a layout featuring trains passing grease stained pizza boxes masquerading as buildings, I enhanced the images with pictures from along GN's right of way. Please note that in keeping with the then latest technology the plan was digitally scanned from the original blueprint. The layout is housed in a 27' X 24' room, and incorporates the staircase, bathroom, and other features of the room. For more information about the current Empire Division, see the Introduction.

The numbers correspond to hot-linked photographs of trains running in that location of the layout. Here is a brief description of the photos:

1. Mallets 2055 and 2003 pass at the west end of the layout.
2. H-4 Pacific on the turntable.
3. Passengers enjoying the peaks of Glacier National Park.
4. S-2 Northern 2581 at Rock Island.
5. H-4 Pacific heads for the depot.
6. L-1 mallet 1909 leads a drag on the east end.
7. L-1 mallet meets the inbound Cascadian.
8. O-1 3142 at Nippy Hollow.
9. Westbound passengers approach Glacier National Park.
10. 0-8 3391 leads a manifest under an overpass near Spokane

 

 

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