Southern Pacific Cascade Line: Station Schematics

Layout Facts

Name: Southern Pacific Cascade Line

Scale: HO

Size: 2400 sqft plus basement

Prototype: Southern Pacific Railroad

Locale: SP Cascade Line--Natron Cutoff

Eugene to Crescent Lake, Oregon

Portland Division Springfield Sub

Eras: 1954 to 1984

Style: Loop to loop

Decks: Single deck valley towns (Eugene to Oakridge)

Double Deck Mountain (Oakridge to Crescent Lake)

Minimum Radius: 42" Main Line

36" Secondary Trackage

32" on two Oakridge engine facility tracks

Turnouts: #8 Main

#6 Secondary Trackage and Yards

Grade: Historic 1.8% above Oakridge

Minimum Aisle Width: 36" (with one 24" pinch point at a corner)

Benchwork: L-girder, Open Grid, Shelf Brackets

Rail Height: Base 48" to 89" at Summit

Main Line Length: Approximately 400 feet loop to loop

Siding Length: 20 feet

Roadbed: Cork over plywood in towns and yards, cork over spline on mountain grade

Track: Code 83 Main Line

Code 70 Sidings and Yards

Scenery: Styrofoam

Throttle Control: DCC: NCE Radio

Centralized Traffic Control: CMRI and JMRI

Operating Crew: 6-24

Special Features: 1) Eugene Arrival/Departure Yard is base level multi-track reverse loop which also serves as open staging.

2) Cascade Summit extends above lower level scene geographic east (RR-West) of Oakridge (Pope and Talbot mill and "Pryor" area).

3) Crescent Lake (upper staging) suspended from ceiling above Eugene Arrival/Departure Yard (lower staging).

Track Direction Note:

Southern Pacific denoted tracks headed TO San Francisco as "Westbound." Tracks headed AWAY from San Francisco are "Eastbound." In Oregon, this often leads to geography and railroad direction running opposite to each other.

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