D & L Railroad - circa 1899

Some of the names have changed, but this is still the basic trackplan.

Layout at a glance
Name: D&L Garden Railroad
Scale: G mix and match (1:24, 1:22.5, and 1:20.3)
Layout Size: 29' X 22'
Prototype: Colorado & Northwestern 3' narrow gauge
Locale: West of Boulder Colorado (from Sunset to Ward)
Period: circa 1899
Layout Style: Raised bed (9" front, 18" rear)
Terrain: Mountains
Track Plan: Folded and twisted dogbone (created using 3rd Plan It CAD program)
Mainline Run: 147'
Minimum Radius: 4'
Maximum Grade: 3.0%
Minimum Vertical Clearance: 7.5"
Roadbed: Gray crusher fines (a.k.a. Breeze)
Track: Gauge 1, Brass, Code 332, LGB 5' rails & flex-ties, LGB 16000 large radius turnouts wired for power routing,
Istra Metal Craft railbender, Split-Jaw rail clamps
Power: Aristo 10 amp power supply
Control: Aristo Train Engineer, trackside receiver
Locomotives: 2-8-0 (Aristo C-16, Phoenix, C&S 32), Climax (Bachman, Phoenix, C&N 2), Railbus (Aristo, C&S)

Features:
Glacier Lake: 1500 gal pond. 8' x 16' x 30".
Four Mile Creek: Water falls under Gold Hill bridge into stream bed and runs to Glacier Lake.
Four Mile Creek bridge is Garden Textures Howe truss, trestle is Garden Textures narrow design.
Gold Hill bridge is Garden Textures Compression truss.
California Creek bridge is Bridge Master A-Frame.
Columbia Tunnel is constructed of chimney flu liner tiles (13"x13"x36")
Sunset: Passing siding with Piko Rio Grand water tower.

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Last Update: 9 September 2001
Music: A Breeze From Alabama, 1902, Scott Joplin