~ Andy
On December 30th with school out for Christmas break, Charlie and I attended the regular Wednesday evening operating session at Roy Ward's West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway in Ruffsdale, PA. It was only our second visit to operate Roy's layout, but this time we had a much better perspective as we get closer to operating our own Pittsburgh Mainline layout. Roy's basement layout is approximately 24' x 24' and operates with the MRC DCC system, using a written train order system and car cards. The most unique aspect of his layout is that the dispatcher is actually located in a separate outbuilding, completely removed from the layout and totally dependent on radio/phone communications with the crews and yardmaster, as would be the case on a prototype railroad. See our October 2012 blog post for photos of this stand-alone dispatch office. We enjoyed great operations and fellowship, and we appreciate the invitation to participate. Below are some photos. ~ Andy Thanks for including us Roy! Your scenery is fantastic and I did not have a single problem with track work, the locomotives or electrical connectivity the entire evening - everything ran like clockwork. Roy told me "This isn't the first layout I've built, but it is my last." Why mess with perfection???
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