The Prototype
- Prototypical/Freelanced: freelanced
- Prototype: Canadian National
- Location: CN at Lytton to the BCR at Lillooet
- Era: 1979
The Layout
- Location: North Vancouver
- Scale: N
- Size: room size 12’ x 21’
- Control: DC cab control
- Yards: large yard at Sassamat; way freight switching Dyyston, Moberly
- Scenery complete: 100%
- Carspots: 113
- Motive power: EMD, Alco
- Turnouts: all powered control
- Uncoupling: permanent and electro magnets and picks
Operations
- Clock Speed: none
- Session Length: 2-3 hours
- Crew Size: 4
- Dispatching: train schedule with extras
- Jobs: due to tight aisle ways crews / operators sit at designated towns and forward trains to adjacent operators
- Train lengths: 20-40 cars
Bonus
John has a new layout under construction in the same house; operators will have an opportunity to tour the new space and construction.
