The Kayton Short Line - 1
R
ailroads are built for a reason and so should be model
railroads. My reason for building the Kayton Short Line
was to keep me sane by giving me somewhere to relax
and run trains without expending vast amounts of energy and
money. It is also to create a “chainsaw” layout on which to
hone my hobby skills. To do
this I used what I had laying
around; there are no grades,
fancy woodwork or scenery.
The Kayton
Short Line
$500 contest
2nd place
– by Robert Douglas
Photos by the author
Morning sunshine illuminates the nose of the Alco S4
which is holding down the switching duties today.
There are almost no structures at this time but I have an oper-
ating layout that gives me hours of satisfaction and enjoyment
shuffling freight cars.
The Kayton Short Line is small switching layout with no specific
prototype. The premise of the layout is either a small town
branch line or a city industrial spur to which a daily freight
MRH-Aug 2014
