Category: Background Information
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The Depot
My train room, or how we learned to store more stuff outside the house. This is the building that houses the NS-AGS-NONE layout, also known as the storage facility, or man cave! The Derksen building measures 16’x40′ exterior dimensions with a 12’x4′ side porch, it’s set on 24 concrete blocks leveled and placed on the…
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Poplarville, MS to Slidell, LA and Pontchartrain Bridge
Proposed modeling elements include the following prototype considerations: LDE – Poplarville NO 125.0Poplarville mainline and Blue Terra Blueberry farm. POPLARVILLE, MS AND MOSELLE, MSCars left standing at the following locations must have 100% hand brakes applied: Poplarville, MS and Moselle, MSSignaled Siding (SS) between Poplarville MP NO 125.0 and Derby MO NO 131.6 is 11,790…
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CSX from NOLA Gentilly Yard Wye/Diamond to Gulfport and KSC Diamond/Wye
Proposed as a modeling element includes the interchange with NS and CSX at the Gentilly Yard and Wye in New Orleans East, with an interchange diamond/why connecting CSX and KCS in Gulfport, MS, along with the proposed modeling elements: Wye and Diamond north of NS Auto YardTracks through swamps in New Orleans EastBridge at Chef…
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New Orleans, LA – NONE District
The southern most portion of the proposed modeled NS in the NONE District starts at the Mississippi River and the interchange with the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPBR). Other modeling considerations include the NOPBR line east/west along Mississippi River, Governor Nicholls St. Wharf / Esplanade Avenue Wharf – Siding, TCI Trucking – Housed inside…
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NS-AGS-NONE ~ and how I came to naming the layout
The Norfolk Southern (NS) Alabama Great Southern (AGS) District and New Orleans and Northeast (NONE) District Model Railroad (NS-AGS-NONE) was established based on the proximity of where we live now, near Picayune, MS. We are about a 20-minute drive from Picayune, MS, and the NS mainline here in the NONE District which passes through in…