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Rick & Venita Lake's El Dorado & El Reno HO Model Railroad
photos by Phil Bonzon, MMR and Richard Schumacher |
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This golden era layout is a free-lanced shortline
railroad with heavy Rock Island influence, running northwest
from Lillie, Louisiana, to El Reno, Oklahoma, with the
modeled portion ending at Howe, Oklahoma. It also serves as
a bridge route for the CRI&P Railroad through El Dorado,
Arkansas, to Howe, Oklahoma. The major industries served
include a paper mill, lumber mill, coal mine, chemical
industry, and oil refinery.
The El & El operates on a single track mainline with both
passenger and freight service. Four Rock Island trains run
in each session adding additional freight and passenger
trains. Interchanges are with the Cotton Belt and the Rock
Island at Camden, Arkansas, and with the KCS at Mena,
Arkansas. Multiple staging tracks at both ends of the line
allow realistic 1950s era operation with both steam and
diesel power. North Coast Engineering DCC (radio) and many
Soundtraxx equipped locomotives.
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