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Burlington Northern - Springfield Division

My railroad attempts to represent today’s BNSF main line running from St. Louis to Tulsa and includes intersecting lines in between –

BNSF line from Kansas City to Memphis

Union Pacific / MN&S

Kansas City Southern

Arkansas & Missouri

The railroad occupies 1400 square feet and journeys through several rooms in the basement. Most of the layout is at least 2 levels and has 3 helixes to connect these.

The BNSF mainline is +/- 600’; the A&M mainline is +/- 120’. There are 4 staging areas and several active yards. The layout has plenty of switching as evidenced by the # of turnouts – 400 – most of which are hand thrown. 

A typical operating session would schedule 22 trains to be run with 500 cars total to switch. Several way freights are typically added to the mix.

The control system is Digitrax with radio throttles. There is no time clock or central dispatching. Car card routing system is used.

You can reach Phil at pestory@cox.net