Layout Overview
- Name: Missouri-Illinois Railroad, Ste Genevieve Subdivision
- Scale: O scale Proto48 (track gauge = 1.177 inches)
- Locale: Ozark foothills in eastern Missouri
- Modeling era: mid-1940’s to mid-1960’s — ie, steam & 1st generation diesel
- Layout size: 36 feet x 24 feet
- Design: Single deck, around-the-walls with peninsula
- Operations style: Point-to-point switching layout
- Mainline run: approximately 111 feet single track
- Track: Hand laid code 125 (code 100 for several spurs); flex in peninsula yard stubs
- Industry count: 9
- Minimum curve radius: 60 inches with easements
- Turnouts: All manual throw; #8 frogs (mainline and yards) and #6 frogs (industries)
- Benchwork type: Mianne unitized frame with ¾ inch Birch plywood sub-roadbed
- Roadbed: ¼ inch Homasote with HO scale ballast
- Track height: 52 inches
- Control system: NCE DCC with radio cabs
- Throttles: ISE ProtoThrottles (x3) for diesels; NCE for steam
- Sound: SoundTraxx Tsunami decoders
- Coupling: Kadee type E (700 series) couplers and magnetic air hoses
- Adherence to operating rules: Loose
- Crew size: Up to 5 (boat crew, road crew and yardmaster)
- Shift duration: 2-3 hours
- Freight management: Car Cards and Waybills
- Signaling: Semaphores at interlock tower for grade crossing
- Communications: Line side telephones to interlock tower; otherwise, collegial verbiage