Scale: HO

Room or layout size (approximate): 24’x 24’ L shape

Theme/prototype: Steam Diesel CN, CP, NAR

% sceniced: 95; with animation

Era: 1930 to 1965 Railroad in central Alberta

The layout depicts what would have been if the Alberta Midland Railroad actually got the financial support to be built. Operating on DCC Digitrax system, memories of the 1950 - 1960 era operations will bring steam and early diesel locomotives to life. The layout boasts mountains logging

to the prairies grain elevators and everything between all on 5 levels. The 20’ single-ended yard adds a variety interest. The Wye track allows trains to move in 2 directions

keeping the yard master quite busy.

Camrose industries are the older scenes such as a Mill and Cream depot and passenger

station. Red Deer has lumber, flour, bakery and leather industry. Just outside of Red Deer a barrel factory and buck oil station requires cars to service it. Next to the Barrel factory is a transfer yard that will keep the yard master busy changing cars and trucks busy bringing the to the industries.

Once back on the main line the tracks head south to Olds which the grain elevator and

Swift Meat packing plant request more cars. Just outside of Olds an oil refinery is busy

filling cars. Nordegg Mine has the busy yard with coal cars so the Jive, the main yard coal facility

can service the steam locomotives.

No layout should be without a logging and lumber mill. Hill Crest lumber yard is busy as

the Heislers and Climax locos pull the logs loaded from a spar tree slowly down a 6 %

grade to the Hill Crest mill and dumped in the pond. Cut Lumber is loaded on lumber

cars and pulled down a 2% grade to a classification yard.

For more switching, the Hidden Staging Yard add more interest. This run is called

Saskatoon Staging. Although it is unseen the 6 tracks 10’ long services Saskatoon as

cars arrive full and depart empty. 

AMR is fully sceniced with animation throughout the layout. This adds realism and

interesting scenes may bring smiles and laughter to the operators and viewers.

How about operating in the evening or dusk? It adds a different feel because it adds

new visual perspective as the locomotive lights shine through mountains and tunnels.

Town street lights, building lite interior details adds you telling a story that leads you

away from trains running.