The layout at a glance:

Name: The Rio Chama & Northern Railroad Company Scale: HO (1:87) Size: 14" x 15" Theme: Class 1 (UP, D&RGW, SP, AT&SF, T&P) / Class 47 (Rio Chama & Northern, Rio Chama & Southern, Rio Chama Lumber) Locale: Rocky Mountains, San Juan Mountains - Colorado, New Maexico, Utah Era: 1950s Layout style: partially modular Scenery construction: plaster on Styrofoam Layout height: 44 - 55 inches Benchwork: IKEA Sten/Gorm Roadbed: rubber/cork on plywood Maximum grade: 3,5 % Length of mainline run: approx. 160 ft. Track: Maerklin K (visible) - Maerklin c (hidden) Minimum curve radius: 22' (on visible track) Backdrop: wall Control: Maerklin Systems

Current photos / Aktuelle Fotos

Construction continues in the Canyonlands area




A layout overview in November 2021

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Photos from construction / Bilder vom Bau







a new staging area - neue Abstellgleise...







...for a couple of F7's - für einige F7