Norfolk Southern Alabama Great Southern New Orleans and Northeastern Model Railway

Tag: Background Information

  • 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…

  • 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…