Union Pacific Van Buren Subdivision Information

Superintendent: Bob Boedges

Scale:                      N scale

Era:                         Contemporary

Dispatching:           Verbal Authority

Control System:     Digitrax combination of radio and corded throttles

Car Forwarding:     Home grown Switchlists / Train Instructions

Communications:    Verbal

                                (No Radios Required!)

Crew:   5

Riverview Switch Crew - 1 person crew
Efluvia Falls Industrial Switch Crew - 1 person crew
Phussin Steel mill Switch Crew - 1 person crew
Road Crews - two 1 person crews

Layout:

    A free lanced railroad based loosely on the Union Pacific Van Buren Subdivision. The modeled portion includes a section of the subdivision from Van Buren, AR eastward to Little Rock, AR, both represented by staging.

   The railroad is a moderately busy bridge route which supports several through freights, as well as an Amtrak NLR - Oklahoma City train. In addition, the BNSF exercises trackage rights with additional Tulsa - Memphis trains and taconite trains bound for Phussin Steel Mill.

   Operations include both passenger and freight movements, Paper Mill Turn, taconite and coal unit trains and town based switch jobs at Riverside, Efluvia and the Phussin Steel Mill.

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