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board. The track is mostly Atlas code 83 in visible areas with code
100 in staging. The one exception is the steel mill complex, which
is Atlas code 100. The turnouts are either Peco or Atlas.
John has used just about all of the popular scenery construc-
tion methods including foam board, plaster cloth over wire and
Sculptamold. Scenery materials include a wide variety of static
grasses, ground foams and real earth. For ballast, John uses
Highball Ballast products in addition to tile grout and construc-
tion sand. The layout is controlled via a CVP Products EasyDDC
system using both radio and plug-in throttles.
Equipment and structures
One of John’s passions is freight car modeling, and he has over
21. The V&O local is on its way to Hillsboro, OH and has just
crossed the K&LE mainline. The boxcars in the background will
be picked up by 153, a westbound K&LE through train.
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1,500 cars in his collection. At any point in time, there are
approximately 1,200 cars on the layout. Most commercially
manufactured cars that are relevant to the era are on the layout.
John has also scratchbuilt a number of freight cars. Almost all
of the cars are era-specific, and most represent actual cars that
were in service during the middle to late 1970s. All of the rolling
stock has been weathered appropriately for its length of service.
Motive power consists of first- and second-generation diesels
and each consist has a least one sound decoder-equipped unit.
Just about every locomotive manufacturer is represented, and
there are over 100 units in service.
One of the first things you notice on the layout is the number of
22. Oasis Yard is the main support yard for classifying local
cars for the Cincinnati industry switching jobs.
