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Dave Roeder's Webster Groves & Fenton HO Model Railroad
photos by Dave Roeder, MMR |
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The Webster Groves & Fenton RR is a fictional short-line
railroad serving as a connection to local industries for the
Burlington Northern RR in St. Louis County, Missouri. On the WG&F,
a switching layout connects the industries of Valley Park, Missouri,
via the BN main line from Springfield, MO. There are two yards to service
the layout. Lower level staging sends and receives trains during operation
sessions. The Burlington Northern operates in Valley Park moving grain,
rock, petroleum and manufactured goods. The Bussen Quarry is another
feature from St. Louis County that is represented on the layout. The real
quarry ships by truck, and so does the scale version located in the center
of the exposed helix and “wye” on the Webster Groves & Fenton.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION: By Dave Roeder MMR, 1994-2000
SCALE: HO 1:87
SIZE: 27’x16’ main loop with a 7’x13’ switching branch
PROTOTYPE: Bridge line taking traffic to and from the Burlington Northern RR
LOCALE: St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
PERIOD: 1970-1989
STYLE: Industrial, single track main line with connection to a switching layout
HEIGHT: 48” to 52”
BENCH WORK: L-girder, flat-top, lower level staging 10” below upper deck.
Homasote top ½” thick. Mechanically interlocked gated access to inside of main loop.
ROADBED: Homasote
TRACK: Code 100 flextrack with commercial turnouts
SIGNALS: Main Line is signaled to indicate route
MINIMUM CURVE RADIUS: 36” on main line and 24” on sidings
MAXIMUM GRADE: 2.5% from lower level staging to upper deck
CONTROL: DC Cab Control with 7 cabs, 4 tethered, 1 tethered remote and 2 fixed
OPERATION STYLE: Point to point
OPERATION SESSIONS: Monthly operations with crew of 7 to 9
The Webster Groves & Fenton model railroad was featured in the January 2005
issue of Model Railroader. Click each photo for a higher-resolution version.
This is the first page of photos
see the
second page of
the WG&F train railroad photos and the
third page of
the WG&F railroad layout photos.
This is the first page of photos
see the
second page of
the WG&F train layout photos and the
third page of
the WG&F train layout photos.
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