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John Acosta – John’s HO scale Gulf & Pacific Railroad is a free lanced analog DC railroad set in the mid 1960s in a mountain area. The layout is located within a narrow L-shaped room with each leg 22 feet and 27 feet. The layout primarily features the Santa Fe, with the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific represented as well. Also featured is his father's railroad, the Gulf & Pacific. The 20-years-in-the-making track plan is a two-level walk-along shelf layout. Track is mostly Code 83 with some hand laid Code 70 on wood ties as well, and Code 100 in the older sections. The mainline run is about 120 feet long with 30 inch minimum radii for curves with easements. Railhead height varies between 48" and 58" above the floor. There is also a short, steep HOn3 branch ending at a crumbling "ghost town". The several towns on the layout are all named after John's children and wife, and one town has several scratch-built buildings resembling 1950 Palm Springs. Motive power is mostly diesels, with Shays for the branches. Through and way freights plus passenger trains operate point-to-point, with turntables at each end and at the middle with a modest yard. There are currently 18 industries and/or team tracks for switching, and a mini CCTV setup in one area. A fast-clock system is being developed at this time. The crossing gates/lights use the AZATRAX system with infrared detectors for reliable “nighttime” operations. The scenery is about ninety percent complete, and nearly all buildings are illuminated with detailed interiors. There are several photos of this layout on Bob Chaparro’s Model Railroads Of Southern California website in the "Albums" Section under "Gulf & Pacific RR", with some 50 videos on YouTube under "jostaiii". The windowless heated/cooled room is decorated with both authentic and replica railroadiana including an operating ex-SP Gyralite, SP switch stand, and REA signs. Passenger step stools from all the above railroads plus Pullman add to the atmosphere, along with two (AT&SF and UP) lighted drumheads and the original station sign from the Union Pacific depot in Riverside. The layout owner is a licensed architect and a NMRA member with 30 years in the Orange Empire Railway Museum. Photo courtesy of John Acosta.

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  1. Mike VE2TRV
    There's one to make one feel small next to it! What a magnificent and massive beast!:love:
  2. Kurt Moose
    Green flags are a nice touch!
  3. Bookbear1
    Nice... store interiors make layouts come alive!
  4. Mike VE2TRV
    Looks to me like a combo of sharp kitbashing skills and darn fine modeling for that scale.(y)(y)
  5. Ederson Zir
    I expended a few minutes to admire your shoots. I was thinking: How many stories; lives; trains and memories was created on these tracks that once ran trains; wagons and lives? so.... never we'll...

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