Barnington Layout
This layout has no strict prototype but it is inspired by the
Farmington junction. In Farmington the Maine Central Railroad
(standard gauge) met the narrow gauge Sandy River & Rangeley
Lakes Railroad. The junction had some interesting crossings that
are the main reason for me to build this layout.
Track Plan

I drew the track plan with XTrkCad. XTrkCad
is a powerful CAD program for designing Model Railroad layouts.
It is available for GNU/Linux and Windows and it is free!
My drawing is downloadable and free for use.
Module Engine Terminal
Trackwork
- Narrow gauge (HOn30)
- Standard gauge (HO)
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- rails: code 70
- Turnouts: scratch built (single slip switch #4)
For details see HOn30 Trackwork Mini HowTo
Structures
- The two stall roundhouse has its prototype
from Kennebec Central and is a Stevens Creek Models laser
kit.
- The turntable begun its life as a N scale
Peco turntable. My brother milled down the plastic deck about
0.8 mm. For the new wooden deck I glued single woodstrips. I
removed the cast on pit rail and replaced it with code 55 rail
on shortened ties. The turntable diameter is about 43 scale
feet, just long enough for my largest Pine River Short Line
engine, a Sango 2-6-0 Dachshund.
Electrical Wiring, Control
- 19 blocks, gaps for both rails
- Two-cab control with SPDT center-off toggle switches
- Hand thrown switches with powered frogs




Peter Schmid
Last modified: Wed Mar 3 20:25:01 CET 2010

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