Chicago, South Shore,
and South Bend
Railroad
O Scale
version in Berkeley Springs, WV

The layout will controlled by a dispatcher using a CTC machine. The
CTC will be interfaced with a PC using DCC by NCE, Bruce Chubb's C/MRI, and JMRI.
All benchwork is completed and 95% of the track has been laid. We have
completed wiring all 98 blocks and have wired and tested the occupancy
detectors. The PC running JMRI detects all blocks on the railroad now. All
switch machines have been installed and tested. About half of the local panels
have been wired and installed. Construction has been started on the CTC board
but will be limited to detection LEDs until signals are designed built and
installed. Of course there is 40 or 50 feet of building representing downtown Chicago to build, 100s of
feet of overhead towers and wire to hang, station platforms to build, trees,
people, and wiring for all this. Today 4,000 feet of #12 wire for track
power has been installed. On or about January 15th we removed the upper deck
and soon will remove the wall that stood between the two rooms to open up the
railroad to the entire basement area. Web site updated 2/08/09.
A Revised Drawing (February 21, 2009) Of The Layout Can
Be Downloaded Here


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