This is a layout that was design by John Prescott I met on facebook. I been fasinated by the N&W railroad and there passenger trains and coal haling mountain railroad. Its more a freelanced part of Bluefield West Virginia. The main yard its self is 40 feet long by 18 in wide. I am going to have a 15 stall roundhouse and freight house and some freight switching in Bluefield like the prototype. The N&W was all double track but am doing my single track with lots of passing sidings, No I am not doing the electric helpers. The grade is going to be between 2 2-!/2 % grade. motive power wise 2-8-8-2 2-6-6-4 2-6-6-2 and the 4-8-4 4-8-2 on passenger.

With talking with some friends its going to take 600 coal cars in order for the layout to operate correct. Going to have 3 passenger trains in each direction. The staging yard is going to be off points of the railroad Roanoke and Norfolk. The upper staging to Columbus Ohio.

I am trying to get some more info on the fast freights and they ran on a number sequence and like to get a hold of that.

If any one has any sudjestions. The layout is going to be DCC digitrax and is probably going to take 6 boosters and pm-42

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