Illinook Industrial Park

Illinook is a 4 x 1.5 feet Inglenook-like switching module, which was normally attached to the C&SFT layout up until the C&SFT layout was dismantled in early 2011, but can also be operated as a layout in it's own right. See the Layout Plans page for the track plan.

This module was initially going to be built as a way of connecting the C&SFT and Chatham layouts together, but when I decided on a final track plan, using the module as a bridge between the the C&SFT and Chatham became impractical. So it become the Illinook Industrial Estate, which includes the Forest Junction Interchange track.

Around the time I started building it, I was also writing an eBook, so this layout became a feature of that eBook. The layout is featured in the 2010 edition of the model-train-help eBook. You can click on the Model Train Help book image to open a new browser window or tab to view the model-train-help website while keeping this page open.

To get more information, use the links in the menu under the Illinook RR in the menu.

Photos of the layout are located in the Illinook photo gallery in the Photo Galleries section of the site.