Southern Transcon Model Railroad
A large, private model railroad project building an HO scale layout of the ATSF/BNSF Southern Transcon mainline. The layout era is 1990-2006, modeling Willow Springs IL through Vaughn, NM, with an emphasis in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The layout space is 40x100', with a 1,700' Mainline run (27-scale miles). Our DCC setup is ESU Ecos, with RR&Co command & control software. Signalling and block detection with Digitrax modules. Operations tracked by Traintraxx & JMRI.
Southern Transcon Model Railroad: Busy Mainline Action with Dispatcher Overlay. April 26, 2025.
Southern Transcon Model Railroad - Single-Track Stress-Test. March 12, 2025.
Southern Transcon Model Railroad - Mainline Timelapse at CP Romeo
Southern Transcon Model Railroad - Traffic Jam at CP Merrick
"Climbing into the West" BNSF's Curtis Hill along the Southern Transcon
DJI Mavic 2 Pro - Drone video test footage, NS 179 at Burnside, KY
Railfanning the Powder River Basin - 2 days spent between Casper, and Gillette, WY.
Down in the Rathole - A weekend spent railfanning Norfolk Southern's CNO&TP around Burnside, KY.
The official, "Pumpkin Express", chasing BNSF's Office Car Special on BNSF's Birmingham Subdivision
North Alabama Railfanning: Springtime on Norfolk Southern's Memphis East District
Railfanning BNSF's Southern Transcon: A morning spent on Curtis Hill (3/30/2018)
North Alabama Railfanning: January along Norfolk Southern's Memphis East District (2018)
North Alabama Railfanning: October along the Memphis East (2018)
Summerville Steam Special - Doubleheader chase in the cold. Ft. SOU 630 & 4501 (Oct. 2017)
North Alabama Railfanning: Foreign power galore around Sheffield, AL (September, 2018)
Summerville Steam Special:The Unscheduled Doubleheader, Ft. SOU 630 & 4501 (05/20/2017)
Chattanooga Railfanning: A day spent around Nickajack, Ft. NS, CSX, and UP (4/9/2017)
NS 3492 leads NS A81 East through Huntsville, AL, with a happy crew! (7/19/2016)
North Alabama Railfanning: Norfolk Southern's Brand new Tier 4's, 12 on NS 362
North Alabama Railfanning: A 4 way meet at Elko Siding in Huntsville, AL (May 2016)