The local yard job rolls down The Horn Lead and approaches the Everett Avenue grade crossing. (locomotive by Christopher Thompson).
The layout is located in a sunroom/library next to my home office.
- Scale: HO
- Prototype: Los Angeles Junction Railway
- Era: The layout can be set in three eras: 1962, 2008, or present day
- Layout Dimensions: 9’6″ x 9’0″. Bench work width 20″
- Track: Code 70 Micro Engineering and hand laid.
- Turnouts: Micro Engineering number 6
- Minimum radius: 24″
- Bench work: Extruded foam inset into wood frame
- Control: Easy DCC wireless
This scene, a block east of General Mills at S. Maywood Ave. and District Blvd., embodies the flavor of The Los Angeles Junction Railway
Although the layout is proto-freelanced, inspiration is drawn from the area southwest of District Blvd. (top), particularly the “Horn Lead” (bottom)