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The St. Louis Junction Railroad focuses on late
1990s era local and industrial switching, including
Granite City Steel, in the metropolitan St. Louis area.
Interchange and through traffic between the major
railroads rounds out the operations. Seven different
railroads are represented: BNSF, UP, NS CR, CSX, TRRA
(Terminal Railroad Association) and the St. Louis
Junction RR (local switching railroad). Digitrax DCC;
DTC operation with 5-channel radios, car cards, waybills
and switch lists.
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Superintendent
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John Schindler
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Division or Location
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Metro St. Louis, free-lanced version of
the Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA)
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Session Schedule
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Friday 5/20/2011 @ 6:30pm
Saturday 5/20/2011 @ 2:00pm
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Scenery
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10% completed industrial
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Structures
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Many Dave Roeder printed backdrops and
structures
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Layout Size
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60' x 30'
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Scale
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HO Standard Gauge
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Era
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Late 1990s
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Control System
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Digitrax
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Radios
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FRS owner provided
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Fast Clock
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No - Sequence
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Train Control
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DTC, 4 part waybills and car cards
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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 min, 12 max
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Listed Jobs
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Dispatcher, 3 yard jobs, 3 locals, 4 road
crews
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See six photos of this layout
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