My layout

Welcome to the CN Clearwater Sub.  I am modelling portions of CN's Clearwater Sub between Kamloops Jct and Blue River, British Columbia.  The time period is quite large, ranging anywhere from the early 1970s to present day, although late 1970s to 1990s is my favorite time period.  The layout is built in two rooms that are approximately 14x22 and 10-x12 (feet) with the larger room having most of the scenery completed and the smaller room used as staging.  The layout is a single track railroad controlled by CTC signals that can also run ABS stand alone.  The signal system is provided by Kevin Rudko of Signalogic Systems using his control components and my home-built signals (using BLMA signal heads).  The dispatcher is located in another room and communicates with the rest of the railroad by radio and telephone (intercom).  I use a 4:1 fast clock and typical sessions last anywhere from 2-4 actual hours (8-16 hours of fast time).  Car forwarding is accomplished using waybills and car cards, along with switch lists made out by myself or the Kamloops Jct yardmaster.  I use a Digitrax simplex DCC system to control the locomotives.  The railroad operates with as few as two or three people or as many as 10 or 11.  Most trains operate with cabooses with a few using SBUs.  Being a former train dispatcher for CN, I try to be as prototypical as possible, but also trying to be as flexible with the rules as possible, so that the sessions are challenging but fun.