Today is my first operations video on the Vernon & South LA (VSLA) layout. We switch out an industry and encounter some challenges along the way.
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Iowa Scaled Engineering Products
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Lance Mindheim Design Service
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Ending Prototype Photo Credits (Thanks!)
Jonathan Brier
Layout Information:
Designer – Lance Mindheim https://www.shelflayouts.com/
Scale – HO (1:87)
Railroad/Location/Era – Los Angeles Junction (LAJ), BNSF, Union Pacific (UP) Modern day, Los Angeles, CA and Vernon, CA.
Type – Pointtopoint switching layout with continuous running in the background. Around the room with a peninsulas on IKEA Ivar shelving.
Room Size – 29ft x 13ft (9m x 4m) located in a basement room
Track – Microengineering Code 83, with Code 70. Turnouts are ME, Peco, and Walthers #8's, #6’s and #5’s
DCC System – NCE Powercab and SB5 Booster, operating with a Iowa Scaled Engineering (ISE) Proto Throttle. Primarily run Soundtraxx Tsunami2 Decoders and some ESU Loksound