Bob Johnson's Pseudo-Soo HO Model Railroad
photos by Richard Schumacher |
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The Pseudo-Soo Line (PSL) is set in north-central
Wisconsin in June of 1953. It represents the Third
Subdivision of the Gladstone Division of the "Soo." The HO
scale PSL is in an approximately 50’x16’ area using an around the wall
design with a long center peninsula. The mainline is a
closed loop with two single ended staging yards that
represent Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ("The Soo") and
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The backdrop features over fifty
feet finished with stamp art by Prue Johnson. Designed for
operation, the layout's traffic features iron ore, local
forest and agricultural products, passenger, and a variety
of freight runs.
The modeled portion of the railroad runs from Rhinelander to
Cameron, in north-central Wisconsin. The three online yards
at Rhinelander, Ladysmith, and Weyerhauser are each operated
by a two-man crew. A branch line at Ladysmith represents the
Wisconsin Central routes to Superior, Wisconsin and
Bessemer, Michigan (iron mining). The layout uses Digitrax
DCC, card cards and waybills developed by Bob Johnson, and a
6:1 fast clock for operations. Dispatching is by verbal
authority. There are typically three one-man road crews
running trains in addition to the dispatcher and yard crews.
These photos were taken during an operating session on
the Pseudo-Soo. Click each photo for a higher-resolution version.
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This is the first page of photos
see the
second page of
the Pseudo-Soo train layout photos and the
third page of
the Pseudo-Soo train layout photos.
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