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... The Chicago & South Forest Terminal Railroad (C&SFT RR) is an industrial railroad, somewhat similar in concept to ... and by the MWSL RR (Mid West Shortline RR). The C&SFT RR has regular runs from Chessie, EJ&E, and IHB as well as RI, ...

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... Speed (Rule 80) is defined as follows in relation to the C&SFT RR - Movements made at Restricted Speed must apply the ... session. There are 3 basic Train Classes on the C&SFT: Timetabled - highest class, would be on a timetable, if ... moves between the Interchange Yard and industries on the C&SFT. These are always run by C&SFT crews, and use C&SFT motive ...

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Electrical Basics of the Layout The layout is wired using the wire bus method - two main heavier gauge wires running the whole length of the layout, with smaller gauge wire coming off the heavier wires at strategic points on each module, and connec ...

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... is about the Chicago & South Forest Terminal Railroad (C&SFT RR). This layout existed for about 6 years, dismantling of the layout starting in April 2011. Click a link in the expanded C&SFT option in the navigation menu to go to that section. Content ...

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... different areas, outlined below. Top | Back to C&SFT Index Interchange Area The interchange yard has a runaround ... is called Calumet South Junction. Top | Back to C&SFT Index The East Branch This area is currently represented by ...

Flash - stanford - 11/20/2011 - 10:45 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

On this layout I have used a lot more flexitrack than on any other previous layout, as there are few 'standard' radius curves. Most of the track is Peco or Atlas, the turnouts being Peco, Atlas, and Shinohara. The track is ballasted using stone chips o ...

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Type: Switching / Industrial Layout Scale: HO Layout Shape: 'L' shaped shelf, maximum size of 17 feet along one edge, 6 feet along the other edge. As at May 2008, a 12 x 1 feet extension is being built (call the MWSL elsew ...

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... called the Chicago & South Forest Terminal RR (C&SFT). Along the way, I decided to change the layout from the multi-level ... Illinois area I had chosen to model. The C&SFT layout was really a ground breaking layout for me as it was my first ...

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My Model Railroading endeavors are becoming more and more influenced by a sense of social responsibility. I have tried to recycle as much as possible, by using polystyrene used for packaging of household items as foundation for scenery, and using natur ...

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... took over the Frisco in 1980, it represents a BN loco the C&SFT has leased, keeping the Frisco scheme but having some weathering ... In my 'plausible universe', this loco was leased to the C&SFT and has not been rebuilt / renumbered untill the late 1980's. Most of ...

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