Rick Fortin Valley Division Fourth District ATSF Layout - Westbound Cab Ride

NOTE: Train runs Westbound Rick Fortin Valley Division, Fourth District (ATSF) formerly the Sierra Western & Santa Fe HO. Proto-freelanced extension of the Santa Fe in the early 1970s north from the San Francisco Bay Area to Portland; modeled portion runs from the Central Valley town of Chico to McCloud just south of Mt. Shasta in a purpose built 25 x 47 foot room. Double deck point to point, 410 feet of mainline trackage, 50% scenicked, mainline 90% complete. Operations include a dispatcher, an interlocking tower, a large yard with two switch crews and a hostler, a small yard with a full time switcher, heavy duty mainline freight action with some passenger, local switching, and a branchline. Permanent track is all hand laid. Operations are purposeful, in a relatively disciplined but casual atmosphere. NCE DCC with wireless throttles, FRS radios, and intercom, Track Warrants, real time, sequence operations, car card and waybill. Fascia mounted track diagrams, station names, mileposts, clipboards with train instructions and track diagrams. 46 inch duck under to enter layout during session. Railroad Model Craftsman, Nov 1999, Layout Design Journal/News, Winter 1998, Layout Design Journal/News, January 1998, website: www.fortinweb.com/swsf/ and www.lwmweb.com/sw&sf/index.html This video runs a train westbound, valley to mountains. Rick does not run sound engines.