UNION PACIFIC - TAYLOR SUBDIVISION

TAYLOR, UTAH



HO Scale 15' x 10'


This was actually a very cool track plan and layout from 2005/06 that fit this room well with the opportunity to run 2 trains and do switching operations simultaneously. Didn't get a chance to finish this before I sold the house it was in. If you like the style of layouts that I build and you have any questions about model railroad building techniques, I'd be glad to help.

Enjoy the pictures!


----- LAYOUT INFO -----

Name

Taylor Subdivision

Scale

HO Scale

Size

15' x 10'

Locale

Fictitious town of Taylor, Utah

Period

Current

Style

Around the wall with 44" duckunder

Mainline Run

Approximately 50'

Minimum Radius

20" on Mainline

18" on Branchline

Turnouts

Mainline/Yard: Atlas No. 6's & 4's

Sidings: Atlas No. 4

Benchwork

Open Grid

Height

Benchwork height: 48"

Roadbed

5/8" Plywood and cork

Track

Code 83 Atlas flex track

Scenery

Plaster cloth over foam

Backdrop

Non-Attached Painted walls

Control

Bachmann Easy DCC


Track Plan

Layout Overview Photos

UP 9711 showing off it's new LED headlights and ditchlights as it prepares to go under the first of 2 scratchbuilt cantilever signal bridges.

Just a closeup on UP 9711.

Pre landscaping photo.

North side of partially finished scratchbuilt 3 track signal bridge.

South side of the 3 track signal bridge. All the signals on the layout are scratchbuilt and have either 2 or 3 LEDS's per signal head.

Fresh paintjob on Utah Railway 2001 before it got its lettering.

Side shot of UTRY 2001.

UTRY 2001 from another angle as it waits for traffic to clear.

A pair of SD40-2's awaits the green light.

UTRY 2001 awaits clearance to proceede into the yard.

UTRY 2001 with it lettering and numbers.

Road construction at the yard front gate.

A pair of SD40's with a empty coal unit train waits for the main line to clear.

Northeast corner of layout.

East wall.

East wall's pop-out industry. I build a lot of buildings out of cardboard at first simply to test a scene before I take the time to build a kit or styrene from scratch. So you'll see alot of them on this layout, because I didn't get close to finishing it.

Here we detected some grafitti artist hanging out in a van waiting for sundown.

Northwest corner.

West wall looking South.

South corner industries.

Southeast corner.

East wall.

Looking North from south edge.

Looking East from Southwest corner.

Overview looking Northwest.

Overview looking Northeast.

Looking North along East wall.

South edge.

Closer look at southeast corner crossing.

Shot of the yard and maintenance facilities.

An SD40-2 duo brings the intermodal train into Taylor.