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The Burlington Route 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.
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Superintendent
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Hank Kraichely
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Division or Location
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Hannibal Division of the CB&Q
Railroad-The K Line from St. Louis to
Hannibal. E branch is Old Monroe to Mexico.
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Session Schedule
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Saturday 5/21/2011 @ 9:00am
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Scenery
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Missouri, some completed
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Structures
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Currently have about 40-50
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Layout Size
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About 500 feet of track between main and
branch
room about 36' X 36'
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Scale
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HO Standard Gauge
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Era
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1963
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Control System
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Digitrax Radio
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Radios
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Yes, 5 channel, please bring
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Fast Clock
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Not used
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Train Control
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Dispatcher and block control
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Length of Session
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3 hours
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Number of Crew
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8-12 people are needed if the entire
session is run
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Listed Jobs
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3 locals, main through trains (with one
or more stops), dispatcher, main yard and
small yard plus Portland Cement
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See six photos of this layout
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