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Hank Kraichely's HO Scale Burlington
Route Layout
photos by Richard Schumacher |
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Hank's layout depicts the St. Louis to Hannibal portion
of the CB&Q Railroad’s North Bound main known as the K Line
in 1963. The Francis branch running from Old Monroe to
Francis is also modeled.
The layout runs through rural areas and has six towns, two
cement plants, along with paper, chemical and power plants.
There are also two interchanges on the Francis branch, at
Wellsville with the Wabash and at Francis with the GM&O. The
following commodities are either being shipped into and out
of most towns; grain, gasoline, LPG, coal, cattle, farm
equipment and consumer goods. There is a factory in
Louisiana, Wells Lamont, which receives hides and produces
leather gloves. Team tracks are prevalent as are small
stations along the main and branch lines. Hank's previous HO
layout was featured on the cover of the June 2001 issue of
the NMRA Bulletin.
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