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| Owner / Location / Website | Crew | Operating System | Car Forwarding | Layout Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Salamon Owasso, OK www.picturetrail.com/salamon |
3 | DC Block Control – Walkaround design using MRCH Control MASTER 20 THROTTLES. | Located in an odd shaped room above the garage, not handicap accessible. |
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The Deep River Southern is a freelanced N Scale layout set in 1958. It has been featured in several issues of N Scale Magazine and also the Cowcatcher Roundup.
The main level of the layout has most of the basic scenery in place. The layout features the large town of Beckton which has a
classification yard, engine servicing facilities for both steam and diesel, and several industries that are served.
Eastridge staging is located below Beckton and is accessed by a 4 turn helix. The next town on the layout is Green Valley
and contains several grain elevators and other industries to support the local farmers and an interchange with the Frisco
with a hand operated smash board where the two railroads cross. Port Allen is my tribute to John Allen, it has no resemblance
to any location that was on his layout but I do have a car float operation and other switching opportunities. The last modeled
town on the layout is Clifton which serves mines and mills of the area and a branch that goes to dam site. The west end of the
railroad ends in the closet at Westley Staging.
The upper level is under construction with some scenery in place. Operations have not reached this part of the layout yet but
eventually will include a Cement Plant operation, and an interchange with the Pine Flat Lumber Company who operates a large sawmill
who’s railroad serves the log camps in the area to bring the logs in.
Current operations include a yardmaster that classifies the inbound trains, builds outbound trains and switches the local
industries in Beckton. The other two operators run local trains, passenger trains, through trains and interchange trains.
The layout is designed with lots of switching.