Chicago,Peoria & Western 2/7/2018 Owner: John Brennan Prototype Modeled: Interchange with EJ&E, IC , CB&Q, Reporting Marks: CP&W Layout Era: Sept. 1940 Theme: Midwestern Scale: HO 30 x 45 located in a stand alone steel building. Digitrax, simplex DCC. Scenery completed. Operation is TT&TO. The railroad is an overlay of the CB&Q from Chicago staging to Galesburg staging. There are 23 trains scheduled in a 3 hour session on a 4 to 1 fast clock. Power is almost exclusively steam, most with sound. An 11 person crew is needed for an operating session. Industries Modeled: Grain and some industries. Operations: TT&TO. 4 to 1 fast clock. Positions, dispatcher/agent, Aurora yardmaster, Aurora switcher, Kewanee switcher, Strip coal mine switcher, staging director (mole), 5 to 6 people to operate trains. Eastbound: Westbound: Flyover: Branch Line: Slideshow:
